System Requirements & Client

The following are recommended minimum hardware requirements for the server:

• Intel Pentium III–compatible processor
• 256 megabytes (MB) of random access memory (RAM)
• 550 MB free hard disk space

  Important  The disk must be formatted as NTFS file system.

• Program and data file paths cannot be to removable or networked storage. Setup verifies this.

 

The server must be running one of the following operating systems:

Note  For Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server "v2.0" Beta 2, only Windows Server 2003 Release Candidate 2 is supported.

• Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, plus the latest service pack
• Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, plus the latest service pack
• Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, plus the latest service pack
• Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, plus the latest service pack

 

In addition to the operating system, the following operating system components must be installed:

• Application Server with the following components:
  • ASP.NET
  • Internet Information Services (IIS) with the following components:
    • Common Files
    • Internet Information Services Manager
    • SMTP Service
    • World Wide Web Service with the following components:
      • Active Server Pages
      • World Wide Web Service

 

All servers in a server farm must run the same version and language of the operating system, and (where applicable) the same version and language of Microsoft SQL Server 2000, with the following exception—the configuration database can run Windows 2000 Datacenter Server or Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, regardless of what other servers in the farm are running. Setup does not verify this.

The document library server component of Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server "v2.0" Beta 2 cannot run on servers on which the following are installed:

• Microsoft Exchange Server (any version)
• Microsoft Site Server (any version)
• Microsoft Office Server Extensions
• Microsoft Web Storage System (any version)
• Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001

 

The configuration database can be installed on the following:

• SQL Server 2000, plus the latest service pack
• SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition, plus the latest service pack
• SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000)

 

The server on which the configuration database is installed must be running one of the following operating systems:

• Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, plus the latest service pack
• Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, plus the latest service pack
• Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, plus the latest service pack
• Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, plus the latest service pack
• Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

 

Multiple-server configurations are supported only on servers that are members of a Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows Server 2003 domain.

The following are recommended minimum hardware requirements for client computers:

• Intel Pentium III–compatible 200 Mhz processor
• 64 MB of RAM
• 50 MB hard disk space on Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0, 30 MB disk space on Windows 2000 and Windows XP

  Note :  The disk can be formatted as NTFS, FAT, or FAT32.

 

Client computers must be running one of the following operating systems:

• Windows 98
• Windows NT 4, plus the latest service pack
• Windows 2000 Professional, Server, or Advanced Server, plus the latest service pack
• Windows XP Professional, plus the latest service pack

  Note  Windows XP Home Edition is not supported.

• Windows Server 2003, plus the latest service pack

  Note  For Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server "v2.0" Beta 2, only Windows Server 2003 Release Candidate 2 is supported.

Note  Computers that document library coordinators use must be running Windows 2000 Professional, Server, or Advanced Server, Windows XP Professional, or Windows Server 2003.

 

In addition to the operating system, client computers must have the following installed:

• Outlook Express 5.01 or later

 

Client computers must also have one of the following Web browsers installed:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 with Service Pack 2 and Q324929. Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting support is required. This is included in the default installation of Internet Explorer 5.
• Internet Explorer 5.5 with Service Pack 2 and Q324929. Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting support is required.
• Internet Explorer 6.0 with Q324929. Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting support is required.
• Netscape Navigator 6.02 or later.