11.14 Exchange 2000 Server and SharePoint Portal Server

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SharePoint Portal Server can be installed on a server running Exchange 2000 Service Pack 1 or later. Exchange Server must be installed before installing SharePoint Portal Server, and Exchange Server does not install if the Microsoft Web Storage System already exists on the server. SharePoint Portal Server will upgrade the existing Microsoft Search service and the full-text index format of all the existing indexes on that computer the next time MSSearch starts. There must be enough disk space on the server to accommodate 120 percent of the size of the largest full-text index on the drive. Upgrading the full-text index format can take several hours, depending on the number and size of the existing indexes. During the SharePoint Portal Server setup, a message informs you that the service will be upgraded.

Additionally, since SharePoint Portal Server upgrades MSSearch and fulltext indexes, SharePoint Portal Server must not be installed on a server that participates in an Exchange Server clustering environment, nor should a computer running SharePoint Portal Server be added to a clustered environment.

If you remove SharePoint Portal Server from a computer that has Exchange Server installed, the upgraded MSSearch is not removed, because it is a shared service with Exchange Server.

When you install SharePoint Portal Server on a computer running Exchange Server, SharePoint Portal Server stops the Microsoft Exchange Information Store (MSExchangeIS) service for a short time period. This results in a disruption of mail services during installation of SharePoint Portal Server.

Only four storage groups can exist on an Exchange Server computer. SharePoint Portal Server creates a new storage group during the installation process. If four storage groups already exist on the Exchange server when you attempt to install SharePoint Portal Server, SharePoint Portal Server does not install.

Exchange 2000 Server and SharePoint Portal Server share services. If you remove Exchange 2000 Server after you install SharePoint Portal Server, SharePoint Portal Server no longer works, because services formerly shared with Exchange Server have been modified. Even if you attempt to uninstall Exchange 2000 Server and then cancel the removal, SharePoint Portal Server may no longer work. In this case, you must manually restart the following services:

• IIS Admin Service

• SharePoint Portal Server

• Exchange Information Store

• SMTP

• World Wide Web Publishing Service

• Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)

• Exchange Message Transfer Agent (MTA) Stacks

• Exchange Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3)

• Exchange Internet Message Access Protocol version 4 (IMAP4)

• Exchange Routing Engine

If you remove SharePoint Portal Server from an Exchange 2000 server, Exchange will continue to work.

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