Microsoft KB Archive/324842

= STS: &quot;Could Not Provision SharePoint Based Website&quot; Error Message When Trying to Install SharePoint Team Services =

Article ID: 324842

Article Last Modified on 1/9/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SharePoint Team Services

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This article was previously published under Q324842



SYMPTOMS
When you try to install SharePoint Team Services on a Web site that has a previously installed version of Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions, you receive an error message similar to the following

Could not provision SharePoint based website on

where  is the name of the Web site that you are trying to upgrade.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, change the execute permissions of the Web site to the Scripts only option. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Services Manager.
 * 2) Expand the server on which the Web site is located.
 * 3) Locate the Web site, right-click it, and then click Properties.
 * 4) Click the Home Directory tab.
 * 5) In the Execute Permissions box under Application Settings, click Scripts only, and then click OK.
 * 6) In the Inheritance Overrides box, do not override the permissions for _vti_bin.
 * 7) Click OK.

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