2.1. Preparing for the SharePoint Installation

In order to install SharePoint, you'll need to make a few preparations. This section will discuss the little things that SharePoint requires before it can install and do its thing.

To recap (for those of you who read the last chapter) a SharePoint installation requires the following technologies:

  • Windows Server 2003 (Service Pack 1 or higher)

  • Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 (or higher), ASP.NET enabled

  • ASP.NET 2.0 (which gets installed as part of .NET Framework 3.0)

  • .NET Framework 3.0

  • SMTP services (for incoming email support)

.NET Framework 3.0 should be downloaded from the Internet from the Microsoft website.

Microsoft changes its URLs from time to time, so simply go to Microsoft's website ...

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