I went with the default choice and left the box checked, clicking the Close button... and the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard appeared. So I guess that was its real name. Microsoft Quality Control continues to underwhelm. If you don't care about the small stuff, how can you inspire trust with the big stuff?
The wizard tells me that IIS, SharePoint Administration Service, and SharePoint Timer Service "may have to be started or reset" ("MAY"? What, the wizard doesn't know?) and do I want to do that. I click Yes. This initiates a 10-step-program that is apparently so complex that Vista's progress bar becomes the generic repeating one that goes from left to right over and over, but a line of text tells you what numbered step you're on, which helps. At the conclusion, a bizarre message that appears to contain no spaces (weird) appears, stating that I'm about to be redirected to the SharePoint Web Application homepage.
Logging in with my account credentials opens a Welcome page in IE7 advising me to configure Search Server at the SearchAdministration.aspx page, perform a "crawl" of appropriate content areas, and conduct a test search via the Search Administration page. I'll get to the configuration step in a subsequent post, but there's a link to a Help article about configuring the content crawl, and it underscores the power and flexibility of enterprise search vs. desktop search. My next post takes a closer look at the crawling process.
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Glenn Weadock is a longtime instructor for Global Knowledge and teaches Windows 7, Server 2008, and Active Directory. He has recently co-developed with Mark Wilkins two advanced Server 2008 classes in the Microsoft Official Curriculum. Glenn also consults through his Colorado-based company Independent Software, Inc. and is technical director of MarketCoach Investment Education Software LLC.
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