Installing Windows SharePoint Services

Installation of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is fairly straightforward once Windows Server 2008 R2 has been installed, assuming it is a single Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 installation, rather than a more complex SharePoint farm. If the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 server will be part of a SharePoint farm, the installation is more complex and you should consider purchasing the SharePoint 2007 Unleashed book mentioned earlier for specifics on complex SharePoint farm designs and implementations.

The following steps assume that Windows Server 2008 R2 has been successfully installed and has been added to an existing production domain or test network environment, and has the latest patches and updates applied. It is not generally recommended that Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 be used for production purposes when installed on a domain controller or server running processor-intensive applications such as Exchange.