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Chapter 17<br />

Configuring SharePoint<br />

Portal Server 2003<br />

In this chapter:<br />

A Quick System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452<br />

SharePoint Central Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452<br />

Creating Additional Application Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477<br />

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480<br />

As a classic example of a multitiered distributed architecture, <strong>Microsoft</strong> Office Share-<br />

Point Portal Server 2003 presents some unique administration requirements. While<br />

the administration tools provided with <strong>Microsoft</strong> Windows SharePoint Services<br />

discussed in the previous two chapters serve to configure <strong>and</strong> manage each server<br />

individually, they do not suffice when faced with the multitude of servers that are<br />

usually involved in using SharePoint Portal Server 2003. If multiple database servers,<br />

Web servers, <strong>and</strong> other component servers are present in this environment, each will<br />

require a single place to go that allows for configuration <strong>and</strong> management of the<br />

individual servers <strong>and</strong> of the farm as a whole.<br />

The Web-based tool provided with SharePoint Portal Server 2003 is called Share-<br />

Point Central Administration. By maintaining a list of all portal sites in the farm, this<br />

tool allows the administrator to configure the many services provided by each portal<br />

site on a per-portal-site basis. Furthermore, by using the list of all servers in the farm,<br />

the administrator is able to quickly navigate to those servers to perform server-level<br />

management of the servers’ portal site services. It also allows the administrator to perform<br />

ongoing management tasks such as portal site management, which includes site<br />

content <strong>and</strong> security administration, user profile <strong>and</strong> personal site management, audience<br />

creation <strong>and</strong> management, as well as search <strong>and</strong> index management.<br />

This chapter will concentrate on showing the portal site configuration tasks an<br />

administrator will have to perform both after installation <strong>and</strong> on an ongoing basis as<br />

new servers are added or removed from the farm. This will include the configuration<br />

of virtual servers <strong>and</strong> the subsequent creation of portal sites on those virtual servers.<br />

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