Installing and Configuring

SharePoint RTM - IT PRO - Installing and Configuring


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SharePoint RTM - IT PRO - Installing and Configuring ............................................................. 1

Exercise 1 Perform Additional Configuration Steps ....................................................................................................... 2


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Objectives

After completing this lab, you will be better able to:

Successfully install and configure SharePoint Server 2010

Create a Managed Account in Central Administration

Create a Web Application in Central Administration

Create a Site Collection within the Web Application

Scenario

This lab will introduce you to the installation and configuration process for SharePoint Server 2010. You will begin by installing SharePoint Server 2010 and running through the Configuration Wizard. Next, you will work in Central Administration to build a Web Application and a Site Collection in order to begin using SharePoint.

Estimated Time to Complete This Lab

30 Minutes

Computers used in this Lab demo2010a

The password for the Administrator account on all computers in this lab is: pass@word1


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Exercise 1 Perform Additional Configuration Steps

Scenario Each time you log on to the Virtual Machine, youll be required to accept the EULA after pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete. A copy of the full EULA is available on the desktop of the VM.

In addition, each time the desktop loads, a server warmup script will run. The script hits SharePoint sites so they load faster the first time you access them. Generally, you will want to wait until the script finishes running before beginning your work.

This lab begins immediately after a SharePoint 2010 installation would have completed. Your virtual machine is already configured with SharePoint 2010 RC, FAST Search, SQL Server 2008 R2, SharePoint Designer 2010, Office 2010 RC, and several other programs. There are six web applications that already exist on the farm (some even have content), but you wont be using these. Instead, youll be creating your own web application which youll use throughout these labs.

Tasks Detailed Steps

Complete the following task on:

demo2010a

1. IT Pro Lab Setup

Note: To begin the labs, its necessary to run a script to change a few settings on the VM. This script will create a new hosts file so you can access the web applications you will be creating for the lab. Additionally, it will add an entry for portal.contoso.com to the warmup script that runs when the desktop loads.

a. Navigate to C:\ITPro\

b. Right-click on the IT_Pro.cmd script and select Run as administrator

c. The script will quickly run. Continue to the next section of the lab.


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2. Create a Managed Account

a. Open Central Administration by clicking Start > All Programs > Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products > SharePoint 2010 Central Administration

b. From the home page of Central Administration click Security.

c. In the General Security section click Configure managed accounts.

d. Click the Register Managed Account link.

e. In the Account Registration section on the Register Managed Account page

f. For User name enter contoso\sp_ServiceApps

g. For Password enter pass@word1 Do not change anything in the Automatic Password Change section.

h. Click OK to add this account to the Managed Accounts list.

i. Repeat steps 3-6, using the account contoso\sp_Demo2010aAppPool, with a password of pass@word1


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3. Create a Web Application

a. Click Application Management in the quick launch bar on the left.

b. In the Web Applications section, click Manage web applications.

c. In the Ribbon, click the New icon at the left. A Create New Web Application window opens.

d. In the Authentication section: Choose Classic Mode Authentication

e. In the IIS Web Site section: Choose Create a new IIS web site

f. Set the port to 80

g. Set the Host Header to portal.contoso.com

h. The Name field will update automatically with these changes

i. In the Application Pool section:

j. Select Create new application pool.

k. Select Configurable.

l. Choose contoso\sp_demo2010aapppool from the drop down.


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m. In the Database Name and Authentication section: Set the Database Name to WSS_Content_Portal.

n. Scroll to the bottom of the window and click OK. It may take a minute or two to create the web application.

o. At the Application Created screen click the OK button.


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4. Create a Site Collection

a. On the Quick Launch bar, click Application Management.

b. In the Site Collections section click Create site collections.

c. In the Web Application section click the drop down and choose Change Web Application.

d. Select SharePoint portal.contoso.com80

e. In the Title and Description sectionEnter Contoso Portal for the Title

f. In the Template SelectionClick the Publishing tab.

g. Select Enterprise Wiki.

h. For the Primary Site Collection Administrator user name, enter contoso\administrator.

i. Leave the Secondary Site Collection Administrator User field blank for now.

j. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click OK to create the site collection.

k. When the site collection is created, you can close the browser.

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