Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2007 Bible

Chapter 2. Installing SharePoint

In this Chapter

Planning your SharePoint deployment Installing SharePoint Configuring your SharePoint environment Creating your first site

This chapter guides you through the planning and installation of SharePoint by first presenting the available topology choices and Shared Services decisions you need to make for your environment. SharePoint can be configured in any number of ways to suit the scale, scope, and requirements for your organization, and we help you decide what server and services structure is appropriate for your needs.

Once you have decided the topology for your organization, we then walk you through the installation of the prerequisite components and SharePoint software for both WSS only and MOSS installations. After the installation process is complete, this chapter assists you in configuring SharePoint for first use and create your first SharePoint site.

Upon completion of the steps in this chapter, you will have a working SharePoint installation and a fully functional portal.