HOW TO: Install the FrontPage 2000 Portion of Office Server Extensions Without a Collaboration Database (301594)

SUMMARY

This article explains how to create a virtual server (Web site) on a Microsoft Office Server Extensions-based computer, and how to configure it to use only the FrontPage Server Extensions features of the Office Server Extensions.

When you configure a Web site to use the Office Server Extensions, you are prompted to configure the Web Collaboration Database. You may want to create a virtual server and configure it without using the Web Collaboration Database.

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Install the FrontPage 2000 Portion of Office Server Extensions

To create a virtual server that uses only the FrontPage Server Extensions features of Office Server Extensions, follow these steps:

NOTE: Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.

1. On the server computer, start Internet Services Manager.
2. In the Internet Information Services dialog box, click *computername (where *computername is the name of the server computer) under Internet Information Services.
3. On the Action menu, point to New, and then click Web Site.
   
   The Web Site Creation Wizard starts.
4. Follow the steps in the Web Site Creation Wizard to create a Web site.
5. Under *computername, right-click the new Web site that you created, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu that appears.
6. On the Web Site tab in the TCP Port box, type any port number except 80. For example, type 8080.
7. Click Apply, and then click OK.
8. Right-click the new Web site that you created, point to All Tasks on the shortcut menu that appears, and then click Configure Server Extensions. The Server Extensions Configuration Wizard starts.
9. In the Server Extensions Configuration Wizard dialog box, click Next. The following message appears:

   The Configuration Wizard cannot configure this Web site with the Office Server Extensions Web Collaboration features because it uses a port number other than 80. You can continue, but Web Collaboration will not be available.
   
   Do you want to continue?

10. Click Yes, and then follow the steps in the Server Extensions Configuration Wizard to install FrontPage Server Extensions on the Web site.
11. Right-click the new Web site that you created, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu that appears.
12. On the Web Site tab, type 80 in the TCP Port box, click Apply, and then click OK.

The new Web site is now configured with the FrontPage Server Extensions but without using the Office Server Extensions collaboration features.

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