WSS 3.0 Installation Screencast
Just want to show you how easy WSS 3.0 installation on Windows Server 2008, I've made a screencast as follow. Currently, it has no audio explaining installation process, but I will add it later. I think you can grab the explaination just by seeing the video.
FYI, not like Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 doesn't bundle and install Windows Sharepoint Services by default. You have to download and install it separately.
Sorry for crappy video quality. I encode it using Expression Encoder and the quality is good in my PC. But after I upload it to Silverlight Streaming Services and view it, it doesn't look good. Please find the attachment to download better video.
The installation use SharePoint3.0WithSP1.exe installer. If you attent the last MSDN Day about Sharepoint, I'm sure you get the DVD contains that file. If you don't, you can download it at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=EF93E453-75F1-45DF-8C6F-4565E8549C2A&displaylang=en
What are system requirements to install WSS 3.0 you ask? Here they are: (taken from Technet)
- Operating System: Windows Server 2003 SP1 or Windows Server 2003 x64 or Windows Small Business Server 2003; .NET Framework 3.0; Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 or later with common files, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service, World Wide Web service
- Hardware for Single-Box Installation: Server with a processor speed of at least 2.5 GHz; RAM capacity of 1 GB minimum, 2 GB recommended; disk space up to 2 GB for installation minimum, 5 GB or more minimum for data.
That's it. For Single-Box Installation, you don't even need SQL Server, since WSS will install SQL Express as content and configuration database. Actually, I don't have computer with 2.5 GHz processor speed, but I have it installed successfully :)
That's it. Have a nice try. Please give you comments.