Alex Parker

One thing I don't understand? Sharepoint [WSS] is already included in SBS 2003 and thus there is no need to download it?

SBS2k3 comes with a POPconnector included as well. The POP that is referred to as disabled is for external pop pulling.

Are you installing "Portal Server" which is a totally different product or "Windows Sharepoint Services" which is already under the hood and configures itself as "http://companyweb" during the install?

During the SBS install Sharepoint will be directed to port 444 [to co-exist with OWA on port 443]

Follow the wizards and it does all this set up for you.

Susan, you are right it is included with the SBS CD. However the installation that is included has a number of older files that the version that you can download.

WSS 2.0 is the "free" product that comes with Windows 2003. Sharepoint Portal Server 2003 is an additional cost. Most individuals will not be using SPS but just WSS. SBS has an aggregation theme in mind, I mean it allows you to search and index many different sources, i.e. public folders, many wss sites, files etc..

Thanks for bringing up the wizard. I have to write about Migrating my SBS installation to a new server at a future time. This is one of the main reasons I wasn't using the wizard the second time around.

So far I am not sure why I need to use a different port for SSL and OWA. If you add the security policy to the OWA web.config you should be fine. Everything is humming along well on the same site.

Alex Parker