SharePoint Portal Server 2010 Up and Running
So, if you were following along, we ran aground on step 5 of 10 during the configuration wizard. I posted my error here on MSDN and got a response that Stand Alone mode is not supported on a DC.
This is odd because the Configuration Wizard never let me choose Complete mode; it just went straight into steps 1 – 10. It never asked me for my DB Access account or nothing.
So I reverted my VM back to a snapshot taken before I did the DCPromo and the SQL Server install. I installed SharePoint and the Configuration Wizard comes up and, this time, it asked me did I want Stand Alone or Complete?
So, “great” I said, I’ll install SQL Server and I’ll have complete after all. So I rework the SQL Server install and then the configuration wizard and select Complete.
When I get to the part where it wants my DBAccess acount UID and password, it barfs saying in complete mode the DBAccess account must be a domain account. Then, to twist the knife, the Configuration Wizard would not back out to where I could select Stand Alone mode. I tried to start it over and I tried to reinstall SharePoint and start it over, all to no avail.
So, I reverted once again to the pre-DC, Pre-SQL Server snaphot and was able to install SharePoint and run the Configuration Wizard into Stand Alone mode.
When it completed, it loaded the template selector page, not Central Admin. I chose the Publishing Portal and it build me an Adventure Works site with the old dorks from SharePoint 2007 team site and a couple of new dorks.
So what we’ve learned is that Microsoft wants to sell two Server 2008 licenses at a minimum to support a Complete mode setup.
hth!
-robot
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