How to Create an Office 2000 Discussion Server (216927)

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NOTE: You MUST be a Windows NT administrator on the discussion server in order to set up a server as a Discussion Server.

There are two ways to create a Discussion Server on an Office Extended Web Server computer.

• During the Office Server Extensions Installation.
• From the Office Web Server Administration Forms (Located at HTTP://ServerName/msoffice/msoadmin/).

Creating a Discussion Server During the Office Server Extensions Installation

To create a Discussion Server during the Office Extended Server installation, perform the following steps:

NOTE: These steps can only be performed AFTER the OSE and MSDE or SQL Server have been installed.

1. Place Office 2000 CD #3 into the CD-ROM drive.
2. When the splash screen is displayed, click "Install the Microsoft Office Server Extensions."
   
   NOTE: This article does NOT Cover installing the Office Server Extensions. For additional information on how to install the Office Server Extensions, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   216926 How to Install Microsoft Office 2000 Server Extensions

3. Set up the Database by doing the following:
   1. Type the name of the Database you want to use. By default, the name of the database will be <ServerName>_Collab, where <ServerName> is the name of your Web server.
      
      NOTE: If you are using SQL Server 6.5, you will need to create the database prior to completing this step.
   2. Type the Administrator password, and then type it in again to confirm. After these settings are the way you want them, click "Next".
   3. This completes the Discussion Server Installation.

Creating a Discussion Server from the Office Administration Forms

NOTE: The following steps can only be performed AFTER the OSE and MSDE or SQL Server have been installed.

1. In your browser, browse to HTTP://ServerName/msoffice/msoadmin/. (Without the quotation marks, and where ServerName is the name of your Web server).
2. On the Office Administration Home Page, click "Configure Web Discussion Settings".
3. Make sure the Web Discussions are "On".
4. Determine where you want to allow discussions. Your choices are "Documents located anywhere on the web." Or "Documents located on this server only".
5. Determine how often old discussion items should be deleted. You can select the checkbox to delete old discussions, then choose the interval from the drop-down boxes.
6. Click Submit.

The Discussion server setup is now complete.