Prepare the Front-End Windows SharePoint Services Server (COLLAB01)

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Prepare the Front-End Windows SharePoint Services Server (COLLAB01)

In these procedures you prepare and configure the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services front-end server, COLLAB01.

Tasks

  1. Prepare the COLLAB01 Server
  2. Join the Fabrikam Domain
  3. Install Internet Information Services (IIS) on COLLAB01
  4. Enable ASP.NET 2.0 on COLLAB01
  5. Install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package on COLLAB01

Prerequisites

Prepare the COLLAB01 Server

Perform a default install of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2. This requires you to first install Windows Server 2003 with SP1 then follow that by installing Windows Server 2003 R2.

Procedure DWSH.2: To install Windows Server 2003 R2 on COLLAB01

  1. Perform a default installation of Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (with Service Pack 1 integrated), by using the CD boot method. Install the Support Tools from the Windows Server 2003 CD. Use appropriate naming conventions for your environment.
  2. After Setup for Windows Server 2003 with SP1 is complete, log on to the computer as an administrator. Insert Disc 2 into your CD-ROM drive. Setup for Disc 2 should start automatically. If it does not start automatically, browse to Disk 2 (or the shared folder that contains the Setup files) and, in the \Cmpnents\R2 folder, click Setup2.exe. Follow the instructions on your screen to upgrade to R2.

Prepare the Windows SharePoint Services front-end server by enabling Remote Desktop, installing Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, installing the Windows Server 2003 Support Tools, and installing the latest updates from Microsoft.

Procedure DWSH.3: To prepare COLLAB01

  1. Enable Remote Desktop. Click Start, point to Control Panel, click System, and then, on the Remote tab, select Enable Remote Desktop on this Computer.
  2. Install the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.
  3. Install Support Tools from the Support Tools directory on the Windows Server 2003 CD.
  4. Apply any released updates to Windows Server 2003 by using Microsoft Update.

Join the Fabrikam Domain

After you have finished building and preparing the Windows SharePoint Services front-end server you need to join it to the Fabrikam domain.

Procedure DWSH.4: To join the server to the Fabrikam domain and log on as Administrator@Fabrikam.com

Note

Joining a new domain will require you to restart the server.

  1. Configure the local network interface to use the IP Addresses of AD01 and AD02 as Preferred and Alternative DNS server.
  2. Join the server to the fabrikam domain.
  3. Log on to the domain as Administrator@Fabrikam.com.

Install Internet Information Services (IIS) on COLLAB01

In this procedure you install IIS including ASP.NET on COLLAB01.

Procedure DWSH.5: To install IIS on COLLAB01

  1. In Add or Remove Programs, click Add/Remove Windows Components.

  2. On the Windows Components Wizard page, select the Application Server check box, and then click Details.

  3. Select ASP.NET.

  4. Click OK, and then click Next.

    Note

    You might be asked to insert the Windows Server 2003 CD to install the necessary files.

  5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the deployment of these components.

Enable ASP.NET 2.0 as Default on COLLAB01

The following procedures describe how to enable ASP.NET 2.0 Web Service Extension, register this extension as the default on all existing Web sites on your Web server using the aspnet-regiis.exe command line tool, and verify that ASP .NET 2.0 has been enabled on COLLAB01.

Procedure DWSH.6: To register ASP.NET 2.0 as default on COLLAB01

  1. Open a command prompt and change to the following directory C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727

  2. At the command prompt, type the following command : aspnet_regiis.exe -r, and then press ENTER.

    Note

    This will change the script mapping for all sites on the server to use ASP.NET 2.0 as the default.

Procedure DWSH.7: To verify that ASP.NET 2.0 has been enabled

  1. Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, expand Collab01, and then click Web Service Extensions in the left pane.
  2. Verify the ASP.NET 2.0.50727 is listed as Allowed in the right pane.

Install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package on COLLAB01

Windows SharePoint Services requires that Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package be installed.

Procedure DWSH.8: To install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package on COLLAB01

  1. Download the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package and then run the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package installer.
  2. When you are prompted to uninstall previous versions and asked if you want to continue, click Yes.
  3. Read and accept the license agreement.
  4. Complete the installation.