SBS 2003: Installing SharePoint Services 3.0

Installing SharePoint Services on Small Business Server 2003

If you are running Small Business Server 2003 chances are you already have SharePoint Services 2.0 installed. Best practice (Microsoft) dictates that you cannot upgrade 2.0 to version 3.0 but instead do a parallel installation. This leaves your existing http://companyweb Web site intact, and creates a new Web site for SharePoint Services 3.0.

When you install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on your server, do not choose Gradual upgrade or In-place upgrade. If you do, several Windows SBS administration tools will fail, and you might lose data on your Windows SharePoint Services sites. You must choose No, do not upgrade at this time, which results in a side-by-side installation.

Caution: Backup your server before installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 side-by-side with Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 on SBS 2003 server:

1. Install .NET 3.0.
2. Install SharePoint Services 3.0.
1. Download SharePoint Services 3.0 with SP2
2. Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Properties page
   Upgrade tab: select No, do not upgrade at this time.

  Server Type tab: select Stand-alone.



Click Install Now

When installation completes ensure Run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard now is selected.



3. Windows SharePoint Services Products and Technologies
1. If the wizard does not start automatically after previous step under Administrative Tools select SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard.
2. click Next.
3. click Yes in the dialog box for restarting Internet Information Services (IIS), SharePoint Administration Service, and SharePoint Timer Service if required.
4. Click Finish on the final page of the wizard. The default Web site (http://ServerName) that is automatically generated during Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Setup opens in your Internet browser.
5. Close the browser
   
   http://ServerName and http://companyweb cannot be used at this point.
   
4. Create new site for SharePoint Services 3.0.
1. Under Administrative Tools select SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration.
2. Application Management tab, in SharePoint Web Application Management, click Create or extend web application.
3. On the Create or Extend Web Application page, click Create a new Web application.
4. On the Create New Web Application page, complete the following:
1. In IIS Web Site, type a description for the new Web site and a port number (do not use Port 80, Port 8080, or other used ports).
2. In Application Pool, ensure that Create a new application pool is selected, and then select Predefined for Network Service as the security account for the application pool.
3. In Database Name and Authentication, ensure that Windows authentication is selected.
4. In Search Server, select the server that is running Windows SBS as your search server.
5. Click OK. You need to wait while your changes are processed.
5. On the Application Created page, click Create Site Collection.
6. Create Site Collection page
1. Title and Description, type the title and description.
2. Web Site Address, in URL, choose http://ServerName:PortName/sites/SiteName.
3. Template selection, click Team site.
4. Primary Site Collection Administrator, the user name to administer this site.
5. Click OK.
7. On the Top Level Site Successfully Created page, click the link to the new Web site.
5. Delete the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 default Web site.
1. Under Administrative Tools select SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration.
2. Application Management tab, in SharePoint Web Application Management, click Delete Web Application.
3. Delete Web Application page
1. In Web Application, from the drop-down menu, click Change Web Application. On the Select Web Application page, select the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 default Web site (http://ServerName). Make sure that you delete the default Web site (http://ServerName) and not the site that you just created in the preceding step.
2. In Delete options, delete the content databases and the IIS Web sites.
3. Click Delete.
4. In the warning message box, click Yes
5. When Application Management tab appears close the Central Administration site.
6. Start the default Web site and the Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 http://companyweb Web site.
1. Under Administrative Tools, select Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
2. Expand Web sites, right-click Default web site, and then click Start.
3. If companyweb is stopped, right-click companyweb and then click Start.
4. Close IIS Manager.

At this point, you can open both the http://companyweb Web site, which is based on Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, and the new site that you created in Step 4 above, which is based on Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

After installation the SBS 2003 administrative tools will not work with SharePoint Services 3.0, but, will continue to work with SharePoint Services 2.0

It should still be possible to reinstalling SharePoint Services 2.0 without effecting the SharePoint Services 3.0 installation.

Further Information:

Microsoft Download: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package

Microsoft Download: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with Service Pack 2

Microsoft Download: Installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on a Server Running Windows Small Business Server 2003

The Official SBS Blog: WSS v3.0 Installation on SBS 2003

SBS Diva Blog: How to Install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on SBS 2003