Welcome to part 11 in a series of posts which describe how to create a Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Virtual PC image for demos and development work. Last time, we looked at how to configure the Internet Explorer 7 web browser security settings so that we can access the SharePoint Central Administration site, as well as the Project Web Access site that we will create later. This time, we’ll look at how to start a couple of the important services required by Project Server 2007.
Part 11: Starting Services
If the SharePoint Central Administration website isn’t already open, select Start > Administrative Tools > SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration, then click the Operations tab:
On the Operations page, click the Services on server link, located under the Topology and Services heading:
On the Services on Server page, select the Single server or Web server for small sever farms option:
Go down to the listing of available services, locate Windows SharePoint Services Search, then click the Start link located on the same row:
On the Configure Windows SharePoint Services Search Service Settings page, enter the following information, then click the Start button:
Service Account:
User name: SERVERNAME\Administrator (VPC02\Administrator, in this case)
Password: enter the administrator password
Content Access Account:
User name: SERVERNAME\Administrator (VPC02\Administrator, in this case)
Password: enter the administrator password
Search Database:
Database server: should be pre-populated (vpc02, in this case)
Database name: should be pre-populated (WSS_Search_vpc02, in this case)
Database authentication: Windows authentication
Indexing Schedule: Daily, between 12AM and 1AM
After the Windows SharePoint Services Search service has been started successfully, the Services on Server page should be displayed; go down to the listing of available services, locate Project Application Service, then click the Start link located on the same row:
After the Project Application Service service has started successfully, the Services on Server page should be displayed:
You should now have two Project Server 2007 services running properly (search and project application).
In Part 12, we’ll look at how to create a Shared Services Provider.