Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

324 Part IV: Deployment Scenarios
Creating the Intranet Virtual Server and Configuring Authentication
When IIS is configured and ready to work with SQL Server, you can create the virtual
server you need to host the intranet sites.
To create a virtual server
1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click
Internet Information Services.
2. Click the plus sign (+) next to the server name you want to add a virtual server to.
3. Right-click the Web Sites folder, click New, and then click Web site.
4. Click Next.
5. In the Description box, type the description of your virtual server and then
click Next.
6. In the Enter the IP address to use for this Web site box, select the IP
address you want to use, if appropriate, or use the default (All Unassigned) if
that fits your deployment.
7. In the TCP port this Web site should use (Default: 80) box, type the port
number to assign to the virtual server.
You do not need to assign a host header, because the hosting is being handled
through Windows SharePoint Services.
8. Click Next.
9. In the Path box, type or browse to the path on your hard disk where the site
content will go.
10. If you do not want to allow anonymous access to your virtual server, clear the
Allow anonymous access to this Web site check box.
11. Click Next.
12. On the Web Site Access Permissions page, select the permissions to use and
then click Next. The default permissions, Read and Run Scripts (such as ASP), are
recommended. The Execute (such as ISAPI applications or CGI) permission will be
added automatically to the appropriate folders by Windows SharePoint Services.
13. Click Finish.
Now you can configure the authentication method to use for the intranet
virtual server.
To configure the authentication method for the intranet virtual server
1. On the intranet front-end Web server, in Internet Information Services,
right-click the virtual server that will be used for the intranet site, and then click
Properties.