Re: SBS 2003, SPS and AD

From: Shane (syoung)
Date: 01/05/05 

Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 17:16:46 -0500

You mean to say that "You must use SQL server as your DB if you want to
install SharePoint Portal Server on a domain controller"?

Shane

"Hollis D. Paul" <Hollis@outhousebythesound.com> wrote in message
news:VA.00001dd0.0138e5ce@obts-outlookdev.outlookbythesound.mukwoods...
> In article <OTxitSe8EHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, Martin wrote:
>> As I understand it SPS ships with SBS 2003, however as I also understand
>> it
>> SPS can't run on a domain controller (or a server 2003 box with AD on,
>> which
>> I am assuming is the same thing.)
>>
> Your understanding is faulty. SBS03 ships with WSS--Windows SharePoint
> Services. This is not SharePoint Portal Server. Hence, while you can
> create
> a top-level site and subsites on out-of-the-box SBS03, you cannot create a
> portal there. There are many problems with using SPPS03 on a domain
> controller, one of which is that you cannot use SQL as your database.
>
> From an earlier posting:
> ***************************************
> In article <#H7GHXDwEHA.1260@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>, Dan Slaby wrote:
>> I've installed WSS and SPS on a Windows Small Business Server 2003. The
>> WSS
>> site opens, but the SPS Central Administration returns a 'Cannot find
>> server
>> or DNS Error'. How can I fix this problem to run SPS? Thanks
>>
> In truth, you shouldn't do that. The only safe way to add SPS to a SBS
> domain-network, is to add a Win2K3 box as a member server and install SPS
> there. Here is what Mark Stanfill said when I asked a similar question:
>
> **********
> Mark,
>
> Can you point me to some KB or other doc on why it is bad to attempt to
> put
> SharePoint Portal Server on the SBServer and/domain controller. This
> question
> has come up in the SharePoint ng.
>
> **********
>
> From: markstan@online.microsoft.com ("Mark Stanfill [MSFT]")
> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:46:13 GMT
> Subject: Re: Mea Culpa, I've killed OWA/RWW/Other stuff with NET STOP
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
>
>
> Hollis,
>
> Besides the obvious "all your eggs in one basket" situation (which may be
> an acceptable scenario or the only possible scenario for some
> deployments),
> there are a couple of technical points that are mainly covered by KB
> article 825505 List of software installation requirements for SharePoint
> Portal Server.
>
> From the article:
> ____________
> If you are installing SharePoint Portal Server on a domain controller, you
> must install it without the database engine. When you install it on a
> domain controller, the option to install with the database engine is not
> available.
>
> Before you install SharePoint Portal Server, Microsoft recommends that you
> make sure that the following programs or technologies are not installed:
> - Microsoft Exchange Server (any version)
> - Microsoft Site Server (any version)
> - Microsoft Office Server Extensions
> ___________
>
> The Exchange component piece is covered by 288654 SharePoint Portal Server
> May Not Install on Exchange 2000 Server.
>
> So, you end up with two major blocks on an SBS server. First, you cannot
> install the database engine, and, secondly, you have to uninstall
> Exchange,
> thus removing core functionality from both pieces.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Mark Stanfill, MCSE+I, MCSE 2000/2003, MCDBA
> Small Business Server Support
>
> **************
>
> So it is not surprising that SPS will not run, it doesn't have a database
> with
> which to save its pages.
>
> Go forth and sin no more with miscegeny on your SBS server!
>
>
> Hollis D. Paul [MVP - Outlook]
> Hollis@outhousebythesound.com
> Mukilteo, WA USA
>
>

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