In this topic you will deploy the components necessary to provision Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 using Microsoft Provisioning System (MPS).

Tasks

  1. Deploy Provisioning for Windows SharePoint Services Hosting
  2. Install the Windows SharePoint Services Provisioning Web Service
  3. Configure Service Account Security
  4. Configure Service Account Directory Path

Deploy Provisioning for Hosted Windows SharePoint Services

In this procedure you will use the MPS Deployment Tool to deploy and configure the Windows SharePoint Services Hosting components.

Procedure W03-DWSH.21: To deploy provisioning for Windows SharePoint Services Hosting using the provisioning Deployment Tool

  1. On MPS01, open the Deployment Tool.

  2. In the Requirements Status pane, right-click the SharePoint Services Hosting component.

  3. Select Install all in this group. Click Start Deployment to start running the selected procedures.

  4. Monitor the deployment session on the Install Details tab.

Install the Windows SharePoint Services Provisioning Web Service

In this procedure you will deploy the Windows SharePoint Services Provisioning Web Service on the COLLAB01 server. This Web service is used by the SharePoint Provider to perform provisioning tasks.

Procedure W03-DWSH.22: To install the Windows SharePoint Services Provisioning Web Service on COLLAB01

  1. On COLLAB01, run WindowsSharePointServicesWebService.msi from the solution distribution media in the Service Provisioning\MPS\Providers\AdminWebService directory.

  2. Complete the SharePoint Admin Web Service wizard.

Configure Service Account Security

In the following procedures you will configure the Service Account Security by:

  • Configuring the MPSSharePointAccts group as SharePoint Farm Administrator.
  • Granting the MPSPrivAcct-xxxxx full control of the SharePoint Web Application
  • Adding the MPSSharePointAccts group as a local administrator on the Windows SharePoint Services server.

Procedure W03-DWSH.23: To configure the MPSSharePointAccts group as SharePoint Farm Administrator

  1. On COLLAB01, browse to the Sharepoint 3.0 Central Administration site and log on as Administrator@Fabrikam.com.

  2. On the Operations tab, select Update Farm Administrator's group.

  3. Add the FABRIKAM\MPSSharePointAccts group to the farm administrator's group.

Note:
In the following procedure, the five-digit suffix of MPSPrivAcct-xxxxx can be obtained by checking the actual name of the account in the Users container in Active Directory.

Procedure W03-DWSH.24: To grant the MPSPrivAcct-xxxxx full control of the Web Application

  1. On COLLAB01, browse to the Sharepoint 3.0 Central Administration site and log on as Administrator@Fabrikam.com.

  2. On the Application Management tab, select Policy for Web Application.

  3. Add the FABRIKAM\MPSPrivAcct-xxxxx user with full control permissions on the Web application. Ensure Account operates as System is selected.

Configure Service Account Directory Path

Procedure W03-DWSH.25: To configure the service account directory path

  1. On MPS01, edit <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Managed SharePoint 2007\ModifyServiceAccountDirectoryPaths.xml

  2. Edit the <serviceAccountDirectoryPaths> element to match the path of the Active Directory Users container; for example:

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    <serviceAccountDirectoryPaths>CN=Users,DC=Fabrikam,DC=Com</serviceAccountDirectoryPaths>

  3. Save the edited file.

  4. At a command prompt, change to the <installdir>:\Program Files\Microsoft Hosting\Provisioning\Samples\Managed SharePoint 2007 directory, and then run the following command:

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    provtest ModifyServiceAccountDirectoryPaths.xml /x2
    Note:
    /x2 formats the XML results for maximum readability.