During this talk Shane Young of SharePoint 911 will walk you through the various installation options you have for SharePoint and how choosing the right options can be important.  From farm configurations to service accounts to SSPs you'll see some of the most common mistakes you can make when setting up a farm and how to avoid them.  

Shane Young is a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 MVP and author of numerous books including Inside SharePoint 2007 Administration and Professional Microsoft Search.  He lives near Cincinnati with his wife Nicola and his dogs Tyson and Pugsley.  When not having fun with the family he is a SharePoint trainer, consultant and speaker who travels the globe spreading the SharePoint love.