Installing SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000

When installing SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000 on the same server, SQL Server 2000 should ideally be installed prior to installing SharePoint Portal Server 2003 so that the database infrastructure is in place when SharePoint is ready to create the databases needed for SharePoint to function.

This configuration is well suited for organizations that have decided to use SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and have database needs that exceed MSDE's 2GB limit.

Installing SQL Server 2000

It is important to note that SP4 or the latest service pack also needs to be installed before SQL Server 2000 can be run on Windows Server 2003, so make sure to have that available as well prior ...

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