Installing MOSS in Windows Server 2008

 

This we can split into two different steps:

1. Enable below features first in Windows Server 2008

Ø Web Server (IIS)

 

Ø .NET Framework 3.0

In order to do that please follow the below steps:

o Control Panel > Programs and Features

 

o Select 'Turn Windows Features On or Off'

 

o Click on ‘Features’ under ‘Server Manager’

 

o Click Add Features and select ‘.NET Framework 3.0 Features'

 

o Click ‘Next’

 

o When it prompts for installing IIS role, select ‘Yes’

2. Create slipstreamed SharePoint Server 2007 SP1

Follow the below steps:

o Copy all the files and directories from the MOSS DVD to your local system [C:]

 

o Download the SP1 of WSS and MOSS from below links:

 

§ MOSS: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AD59175C-AD6A-4027-8C2F-DB25322F791B&displaylang=en

 

§ WSS: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4191A531-A2E9-45E4-B71E-5B0B17108BD2&displaylang=en

o Create a folder “Extract” in C:

 

o Now extract the downloaded SP1 by executing the below

 

§ c:wssv3sp1-kb936988-x86-fullfile-en-us.exe /extract:c:Extract

 

§ c: officeserver2007sp1-kb936984-x86-fullfile-en-us.exe /extract:c:Extract

 

o Copy all the files in “Extract” to the “Updates” folder in “x86”

After the step 1 and 2 is done run the setup from the x86 directory, this will install MOSS along with SP1 for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007.