Departmental versus Campus Environment
So what does all this mean? If
you are in a campus environment or centrally located office, you
probably have a large SPS server (or two) and a separate set of Exchange
2000 servers. If however, you have remote offices with less than 100
people then you have to pick one of the following options:
- Install an Exchange 2000
server and an SPS server
- Increase bandwidth so
remote users can use documents stored on a centrally located SPS
server
- Install SPS on your
departmental Exchange 2000 server
Each plan of action is comes
with its own set of costs depending on your unique situation. . While I
cannot easily detail what these costs could be, I can show you what the
last option requires.
Install SharePoint Portal Server on an Exchange
2000 Server
Remember the first line of the
article? In a lab and limited pilot environment, I have personally
encountered no problems with this configuration. Your results may vary.
After you have decided on the
appropriate machine, install Windows 2000 (including the NNTP and SMTP
Service) and the latest service packs followed by Exchange 2000 Standard
Edition and its latest Service Packs. The next step is to install SPS.
This installation begins with an error that displays three warnings:
-
“Warning: Setup has detected
Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 1 on this machine. Once
SharePoint Portal Server has been installed, uninstalling Exchange
2000 Server will cause SharePoint Portal Server to stop functioning”
-
“You must be a domain
administrator in order to install SharePoint Portal Server on a
computer running Exchange 2000 Server. “
-
“Warning: Setup has detected
the Microsoft Search Service (MSSearch) on this computer. This service
will be upgraded if you continue with setup. As part of the upgrade
process, MSSearch upgrades the format of existing full-text catalogs
created by Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Exchange 2000
Server. In order to complete this process, MSSearch requires free disk
space on each drive that contains a full-text catalog. For instance,
if drive (G) has 1 gigabyte (GB) catalog, it must have 1.2 GB of free
disk space for the upgrade to succeed. Please verify this disk space
is available before proceeding. Also note that the catalog process
starts immediately following installation, and may take several hours
depending on the size of your full-text catalogs. Until this upgrade
is complete, you cannot search your catalogs and full-text search
administration is disabled. Please cancel setup if you do not wish to
upgrade MSSearch at this time. “
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