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Microsoft Office SharePoint

Server 2007 Installation and

Configuration

Microsoft Virtual Labs


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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Installation and Configuration

Table of Contents

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Installation and Configuration ........................ 1

Exercise 1 Office SharePoint Server 2007 Central Administration The Home Page .................. ........... .......... .......... 2

Exercise 2 Office SharePoint Server 2007 Central Administration The Application Management Page ........... ........ 5Exercise 3 Create and Configure the Shared Service Provider ......... ........... .......... ........... ........... .......... ........... .......... ... 7

Exercise 4 Office SharePoint Server 2007 Central Administration Operations Page ......... ........... .......... ........... ........ 8

Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................................... 11


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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Installation and Configuration

ObjectivesAfter completing this lab, you will be able to: Learn about the installation and configuration options available in

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, such as installing a new farm,

configuring global workflow settings, configuring incoming e-mail,

administrative tasks, farm topology, provisioning new web applications and

configuring alternate forms based authentication.

ScenarioWalk through the installation and configuration of Microsoft Office SharePoint

Server 2007.Estimated Time toComplete This Lab 90 MinutesComputer used in this Lab Image015d


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Exercise 1Office SharePoint Server 2007 Central Administration TheHome Page

ScenarioThis exercise will highlight the new layout of the Central Administrator site and the new configuration options that

are available.

Tasks Detailed Steps

Complete the following 2

tasks on:

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1. Administrative Tasks

Note: The Central Administration page in Office SharePoint Server 2007 is in its own

site collection. The site has full Windows SharePoint Services functionality. It may

house documents in a document library, or have its own lists, events and RSS feeds.

Note: The Central Administration site has 3 major actions available; the first part of

this exercise will look at the Home section of the Central Administration.

Note: The Home tab contains the Administrative Tasks list; this list is populated with

the tasks that have to be completed to allow Office SharePoint Server 2007 to be fully

functional.

Note:An administrative task consists of a few major components

Action: This is a link to the administrative action to be taken Description: This is a general description of the purpose of the task. Associated Service: This is a categorization of the Farm service associated with

this task.

Note:Login using the following credentials:

Username:administrator

Password:pass@word1 Log on to:LITWAREINCa. Open the Central Administration page. If this is not already open, use the StartAdministrative ToolsSharePoint 3.0 Central Administration link.

b. Click on the Initial Deployment: Add Servers to Farm task and theAdministrative Tasks display form will appear.


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c. ClickClose to return to the Home page.2. Farm Topology Note: The Home tab also contains theFarm Topology Web Part which lists all the

servers in the SharePoint farm and the services running on each.

a. Click on the server name listed in the Farm Topology list and the Services onServer page will appear.

b. The Services on Server page allows you to start and stop services on the servers inthe farm from one central location.

c. The top of the page contains a list of general server roles that might be found in aserver farm. When you select a role it will highlight the suggested services for the

role. Select Custom to display the complete list.


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d. For all services marked Required on Farm, not running, clickStarto When prompted for Office SharePoint Server Search settings, use

the following:

Select Use this server for indexing content Select Use this server for serving search queries E-Mail address: [email protected] User name: LITWAREINC\administrator Password: pass@word1

o ClickStarto When prompted for Windows SharePoint Services Search settings,

use the following:

User name: LITWAREINC\administrator Password: pass@word1

e. ClickStart


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Exercise 2Office SharePoint Server 2007 Central Administration TheApplication Management Page

ScenarioThis page contains links to pages that help you configure settings for applications and components that are installed

on the server or server farm.



tasks on:

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1. Provisioning a newWeb Application

Note: Office SharePoint Server 2007 gives you the option to provision a new web

application from within the Central Administration pages. This allows a SharePoint

administrator to be able to work through the Central Administration pages without

needing to login to the server to make updates.

a. Click on the Application Management tab.b. Click on Create or extend Web application. The Create or Extend Web

Application page should appear.

c. Click on Create a new Web application. The Create New Web Application pageshould appear.

d. Fill in the Create New Web Application form with the following information:o IIS Web Site:

Create a new IIS web site Description: Keep the default value Port: 80 Host Header: Leave this empty Path: Keep the default

o Security Configuration Authentication Provider: NTLM Allow Anonymous: No Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL): No

o Load Balanced URL URL: http://moss Zone: Keep the default value.

o Application Pool Create new application pool Application pool name: Keep the default value Select a security account for this application pool:

Configurable User name: LITWAREINC\administrator Password: pass@word1

Note: In a production environment, creating a separate application pool account is

recommended.

o Leave the rest of the items with their default valuese. ClickOk and the Operation in Progress page will appear.


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f. After the operation completes, the Application Created page will appear.g. Click on the Create Site Collection link.

2. Create a new SiteCollection

a. The Create Site Collection page will appear.b. Fill in the form with the following information:

o Web Application: Keep the default valueo Title: HOL Install and Configo Description: Hands on Lab for installation and configurationo URL:/o Template selection: Keep the default valueo Primary Site Collection Administrator

User name: LITWAREINC\administrator o Quota Template: Keep the default value

c. ClickOK to create your site collection; the Operation in Progress page willappear.

d. After the operation completes, you will be notified that your top-level sitecollection has been created. ClickOK to continue.

3. ConfiguringWorkflow

Note: Office SharePoint Server 2007 has workflow integrated into the platform.

These settings allow an administrator to control what types of workflows are allowed.

Note: The Workflow Settings page allows you to determine two major things:

Are user-defined workflows permitted (Ex: SharePoint Designer codelessworkflows)

Are users without site access permitted for workflowsThe changes made to these settings are global for the selected web application.

a. Click on the Workflow settings link at the bottom of the page.b. ClickCancel to return to the Application Management page.


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Exercise 3Create and Configure the Shared Service Provider

Tasks Detailed StepsComplete the following 2

tasks on:

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1. Configuring theShared Service

Providera. Click on the Create or configure this farm's shared services link under Office

SharePoint Server Shared Services. The Manage this Farm's Shared Services

page appears.

b. ClickNew SSP to add a new Service Provider.c. Click on the Create a new Web application link.d. The Create New Web Application page will appear. Fill in the page using the

following information:

o User name: LITWAREINC\administrator o Password: pass@word1

e. Click the Ok button.f. The Create New Shared Provider page will appear. Fill in the page using the

following information:

o Set the My Site Location: Web Application: to the same value asSSP name: Web Application)

o Username: LITWAREINC\administrator o Password: pass@word1g. Click the OK button.

h. ClickOK on the warning page.i. After the Shared Provider is created click the OK button.j. Click on SharedServices1 in the left navigation

2. Import PeopleProfiles

a. Click on the User profiles and properties link in the User Profiles and My Sitessection.

b. Click on the Configure profile import link.c. Click on the Ok button. Note that there are additional items for scheduling profile

imports.

d. Click on the Start full import link.e. Click on the View user profiles link to view the results of the profile import.


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Exercise 4Office SharePoint Server 2007 Central Administration Operations Page

ScenarioThis page contains links to pages that help you manage your server or server farm, such as changing the server farm

topology, specifying which services are running on each server, and changing settings that affect multiple servers or

applications.



tasks on:

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SharePoint

administrators group

Note: Office SharePoint Server 2007 allows the SharePoint administrator to define a

group of administrators that will have access to the SharePoint Farm administration.

This gives the SharePoint administration the ability to ensure a secure environment

and prevent all server administrators from having full privileges to data contained

within a SharePoint site.

a. Click on the Back to Central Administration link in the left hand navigation toreturn to the Central Administration site.

b. Click on the Operations tab from the top navigation. The Operations page willappear.

c. Click on the Update farm administrators group link under SecurityConfiguration. The People and Groups: FarmAdministrators page appears.

d. The Farm Administrators page shows the current membership of the SharePointFarm Administrators group. ClickNew ->Add users.

e. The Add Users page will appear. Click the browse icon (looks like an open book)and the Select People and Groups dialog will appear.

f. Enter tracy in to the Find field and press Enter.g. Double click on Tracy Tallman from the return list, and clickOK.h. The menu will disappear and the Users/Groups box on the Add Users page will

be populated with your selection.


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i. ClickOK to add this user to the Farm Administrators group.j. Click on the Operations tab to return to the Operations page.

2. Incoming e-mailsettings

Note: Office SharePoint Server 2007 allows e-mail to be sent to a SharePoint site for

storage in lists and libraries. This allows SharePoint sites to be used to archive

discussion groups, as well as to provide users a fast and convenient way to share files.

a.

Click on the Incoming e-mail settings link and the Configure Incoming E-MailSettings page will appear.

b. This page allows an administrator to enable or disable incoming e-mail toSharePoint lists. This setting affects the entire farm, adding or removing the

ability to enable or disable this at a list, site, or site collection level.

c. In order to enable incoming e-mail on the farm, select the Yes option in theEnable Incoming E-Mail section.

d. ClickOK to save your configuration change.e. Enter http://moss/in the Address field in Internet Explorer and press Enter.f. The HOL Install and Config site will appear.g. Click on the Announcements link and the Announcements list view page will

appear.

h. Click on the SettingsList Settings option and the Customize Announcementspage will appear.

i. Click on the Incoming e-mail settings link in the Communications section. TheIncoming E-Mail Settings: Announcements page will appear.


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j. Select Yes for Allow this list to receive e-mail and enter announce in the text boxunder E-mail address.

k. Choose Accept e-mail messages from any sender in the E-Mail Securitysection.

l. ClickOK to save these changes.m.Click on StartAll ProgramsOutlook Express to open the mail client.n. Ignore the error message about the missing POP3 server.o. Expand Local Folders and click on the Drafts folder.p. There will be a draft email in the Drafts folder. Double click on this email and

click the Send button.

q. Close Outlook Express.r. Return to the browser and click on Announcements in the site breadcrumb toreturn to the Announcements list.s. The e-mail may take up to 5 minutes to process. It will be added to the

Announcements list once complete. While waiting you can see the e-mail queue

in C:\Inetpub\mailroot\Drop. The message has been processed when this folder is

empty.

t. Click on Weekly status announcement and notice the text formatting ismaintained.


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Conclusion

In this lab, you got a brief overview of how to install Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 as well as many of

the new Central Administration site and configuration options.

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Microsoft Word - Microsoft Office Share Point Server 2007 Installation and Configuration