Sharepoint 2007 without AD

Question

Want to install Sharepoint server 2007 sp2 on Windows 2008r2 with only local users and NO Active Directory. Is this possible?

Answer 1

You can use local NT user accounts if you wish. SharePoint will recognize COMPUTERNAME\USER instead of DOMAIN\ADUSER. Just set the users under the "Users" group.

Answer 2

Yes - you can run it with forms authentication using the SQL Membership provider. Most of the documentation assumes AD will be there but if you dig around the net there's a number of guides around where people have done it without an AD.

If you're asking about running it using the local Windows accounts on a server then I think that's a no but I'm not certain on this point.