howto://Installing MS Project Server 2007 on Windows 2008

You’d think that installing a server product that came out in 2007, on an operating system that came out in 2008, would be pretty straight-forward. Well, I’d think that, even if you wouldn’t. Anyway, finding myself in the position of needing to install Microsoft Project Server 2007 onto our shiny Windows 2008 SharePoint server, I discovered pretty quickly that it’s not so straight-forward after all. There are several other blog posts that come close, and without them I probably would still be trying to get this to work, but as with many of these posts…rather than trying to remember how to do it next time I need to, this post will serve as a quick and easy reference for me. If it helps you too, all the better.

We’ll start out with our Windows Server 2008 install, fully patched, and running MOSS 2007. Remember, Project Server requires SharePoint, and in this case we are using MOSS and not just WSS. Assuming all is well with SharePoint, we just need to…

1. Create a directory on the SharePoint server called c:\projectinstall.
2. Download Project Server 2007 Service Pack 2 from this link and save it to that c:\projectinstall directory. Make sure you grab the version for your architecture (32 or 64 bit.)
3. Once downloaded, we need to extract the service pack by running this command using an administrative command prompt.
   c:\projectinstalll>officeserver2007sp2-kb953334-x86-fullfile-en-us.exe /extract:c:\scratch\sp\ [enter]
   If you don’t copy/paste this, notice the colon between extract and c:…that is not exactly standard. If you get a syntax lesson popup instead of a successful extract, that is probably why.
4. Now, mount the Project 2007 disc, and copy the entire contents to c:\projectinstall. That should leave you with a directory structure looking somewhat like this.

   

5. Assuming you are running 32bit, copy all the files from the c:\scratch\sp\ directory to the c:\projectinstall\x86\Updates\ directory.
   If you are using 64bit, adjust your paths appropriately. What we have just done is something often called slipstreaming. Yay.
6. Now, run setup.exe from C:\projectinstall\ like we normally would, and bob’s your uncle.

Once Project Server finishes the install, you will have to run the SharePoint Configuration Wizard. Once that completes, you are good to go. I did find posts from folks who encountered errors during this process, but it worked for me just as I have it above. If this helps you, please add a comment.

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