Installation and Configuration Methodology For Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Martin Y. [email protected]

Sharepoint EngineerRJB Technical Consulting, Inc.

www.rjbtech.com

Installation and Configuration Methodology For

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

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Pre-requisites For installingMicrosoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Web/Application Server :

•Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1

•Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

•Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0

•Microsoft IIS 6.0 in IIS 6.0 worker process isolation mode with Microsoft ASP.NET installed and enabled.

•NTFS File System




Database Server :

•Any OS version that supports MS SQL Server 2000 or 2005

•MS SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2000 with Service Pack 3

•The database server does not have to be dedicated to Sharepoint.

•Optionally, the database server can be a SQL Cluster.




Hardware Recommendations:

•Web Server and Application server :

• Dual Processor computer with processor clock speed of 2.5GHz or higher and a minimum of 2GB RAM.

•Database Server :

• Dual Processor computer with processor clock speed of 2.0GHz or higher and a minimum of 2GB RAM.




Users and service accounts :

•MOSS Setup user account•Server/Farm Account•Shared Services Provider Process Account•Web Application Process Account (1 per web application)•Search Service Account•Search Content Access Account




DNS Entries :

• Portal.domain.com : Portal web application• Mysite.domain.com : My Site Web application• Ssp.domain.com : Shared Services Provider Web Application• Additional DNS entry for subsequent Web application.




Security considerations :

• Service accounts do not need Local admin privileges.• Web application service accounts need to be manually given Local activation permission to the IIS WAMREG Admin service components.



Top 10 - IT Capacity Guidelines

Metric Preferred IT Max Cap Guideline*

Site Collections /DB 250 5,000 50,000

Database Size/DB 25-50GB 100 GB

Databases/SQL Instance 100 300

Database Size/SQL Instance 2TB 3TB

Child Portals/Farm 10 100 100

Full Portals/Farm 1 15 15

App Pools/Server 2-4 10

Worker Processes/Server 1 per 800MB RAM 1 per 400MB RAM

Site Collection Max Quota 5GB 50GB (DB)

File Upload Size 50MB 100MB 2GB

• Based on Microsoft SharePoint Products & Technologies Capacity Planning & SQL 2000All other numbers are based on Microsoft IT experience on SharePoint Products & Technologies including SP1



Data – Suggested LimitsObject Scope Guideline

Site collections Database 50,000

Web sites Site collection 250,000

(sub) Web sites Web site 2,000

Lists Web site 2,000

Items List 10 M

Documents Doc Library 2 M

Documents Folder 2,000

Document size File 2 GB

Indexed Documents (MOSS) SSP 50 M

Search Scopes (MOSS) Site Collection 1,000

# Profiles (MOSS) SSP 5 M

Capacity Framework



Changes made to your server whenMicrosoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

is installed

•File System

•Registry

•IIS 6.0

•Databases

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Installation Methodology

1- MOSS 2007 Binaries installation

2- Using The Sharepoint Installation And Configuration Wizard

3- Configuring and Administrating Central Administration Operations

4- Creating The Shared Services Provider

5- Configuring and Administrating Application Management

6- Configuring The Shared Services Provider

7- Finalize configurations




6- Configuring The Shared

Services Provider

7- Finaliz

e configurations




Step Requirements

• Domain user with Local Server administrator rights• All Installation Web Front End Software and hardware requirements

met.• MOSS 2007 Product Key



How to install Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007












Hints and Tips

• Always proceed with an “advanced” and “Complete” installation.

• Install programs and data files to different Hard Drives.

2- Using The Sharepoint Installation And Configuration Wizard



Step Requirements

• SQL Server name

• Configuration Database name ( i.e. SERVER_Sharepoint_Config)

• Farm Service Account with Create DB and Security Admin rights on the SQL

Server.

• Security Mode (NTLM or Kerberos )





















Hints and Tips

• Establish a naming convention for all your database.

Ex. : COMPANY_MOSS_ConfigCOMPANY_MOSS_PORTAL_ContentCOMPANY_MOSS_MYSITE_ContentCOMPANY_MOSS_SSP_ContentCOMPANY_MOSS_SSP_DBCOMPANY_MOSS_SSP_SEARCH_DB

3- Configuring and Administering Central Administration Operations



Step Requirements

• Smtp mail server address

• Service’s list to run on the server

• Search Services Search Account

• Farm Administrator’s list

• Directory name and location for Diagnostic Logging

• Directory name and location for Usage Analysis

• Backup files Location





Hints and Tips

• When Configuring The server operations, use the “N”

approach.

• Once Operations are configured, test you backup/restore

before going any further in your installation.

• Backup after each section is configured ( Operations,

Applications, Shared Services )

4- Creating The Shared Services Provider



Step Requirements

• Registered DNS names for you SSP and “My Site” Web site

• Application pool name defined for your SSP and “My Site”

• SSP Service Account

• “My Site” Service Account

• Database names for SSP and “My Site” Content

• Search Services Search Account

• Database names for SSP Data and SSP Search.

• Index Server server name.





Hints and Tips

• Before creating your SSP, make sure you have the Windows

Search Services and Office Search Services up and running in

the Central Admin Operations Console.

• Use the embedded “web application creation” from the SSP

creation screen for the SSP and My Site Web Application.

• All Web Application should have their own service accounts.

5- Configuring and Administering Application

Management



Step Requirements

• Registered DNS names for you Portal Web site

• Application pool name defined for your Portal

• Portal Service Account

• Database names for your Portal Content





Hints and Tips

• Use the “N” Approach for configuring.

• If you have multiple Web Applications, remember to switch

from one to another to configure the settings for each of them.

• The last web application you select from the web application

list is always the one settings initially applies to.

• Make sure you enable the “Self-Site Management” feature for

your “My Site” web application.

• Backup the system from the Operations console.

6- Configuring The Shared

Services Provider



Step Requirements

• Search “Crawl” Account

• Profile import defined schedule ( Full, differential )

• Content crawl defined schedule ( Full Differential )

• Audiences Compilation Schedule

• Defined “Service Personalization Permissions”

• Trusted File Locations for Excel Services.





Hints and Tips

• Configure the “Search Settings” last.

• For everything else, use the “N” approach.

• When configuring your content sources and crawl schedules,

select the “Start full crawl of this content source” before exiting”.

• Test the searches and “My Site” creations.

7- Finalize configurations



Additional Steps

• Configure the “Master Site Directory” and the “Site Directory

Links scan” in the Admin Console Operations Page.

• Depending on options purchased, verify that you have all your

features enabled on all sites.

• In the “Office Sharepoint Shared Services” section of the

Application Management page, click on “Services Enabled on

this farm” and verify that there are no errors.

• Using the Scheduler and stsadm.exe, Create and enforce

backup jobs.

Thank You!!!...

Martin Y. [email protected]

Sharepoint EngineerRJB Technical Consulting, Inc.

www.rjbtech.com