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Chapter 2 ■ New Installation and ConfigurationFigure 2-31. General web application settingsThe security tab allows you to configure authentication providers, self-service sites, user permissions, web partpermissions, etc. These settings are similar to those listed in the General Security section (under the main Securitysection) in Central Administration, only in this context they apply to the selected web application.The last tab, labeled “Policy,” allows you to apply user and anonymous permission policies to the selected webapplication. The permissions policy icon allows you to create a permission-set (permission level) to apply as policy toeither users or anonymous users, using the other two icons in the tab.Creating a Site CollectionWith our web application created, it is now time to create a root site collection, so that we can host content and makeuse of our new web application as a SharePoint site. The following steps take you through the process of creatinga new site collection for the web application created earlier:1. Open Central Administration.2. Click Application Management.3. Click the Create Site Collection link.4. Select the correct web application in the drop-down box at the top left of the page(Figure 2-32).www.it-ebooks.info53