Configuring MOSS 2007 Beta 2 SSP & Web Apps

Once the SP configuration wizard has done its stuff you are ready to configure the MOSS environment.

1. Open Central Administration
2. Select Operations and go to Services on Server. The following services need to be started:
   • WSS Web Application
   • Office SharePoint Server Search
3. Open Application Management and select Create or extend a new Web Application
4. Select Create a new web application
   • Create a web application running on port 80 with a host header. This will host the portal and My Site.
   • Create another web application to host the SSP.
5. Select Application Management
6. Create / Configure this farm's Shared Services
7. New SSP
   • Select the SSP web application to host the SSP and select the portal web application to host My Site. Add a relative path to My Site (/mysite/).
   • The rest is pretty default - just need to add names for app pools / DBs etc. and the account details you are using for the build.
8. Once created go back to Application Management and create a site collection using the portal web app to host the site.
   • Make sure the correct web application is displayed in the Web Application drop down list at the top of the page.
   • Add a title, description etc.
   • In the template selection area select Publishing and highlight Collaboration Portal.
   • Assign the primary site collection administrator and verify the user name.
   • Click Ok.

Once created open the portal and you should have a site set up including homepage, document centre, reports centre, news etc.

This can be fully customised in SharePoint designer - soon to be explained in another blog!!