Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

954 Part IX: Maintaining a Server in Windows SharePoint Services
■ Use Visual Studio to create a new ASP.NET page.
■ Code the DataList.
■ Test the new page.
■ Try it out: verifying the new entries.
Presetup Steps
First we need to set up a user account and grant it the permissions necessary to create
the sites. For the setup we’ll use in our example, Windows SharePoint Services must
already be installed. Verify this by clicking Start, choosing All Programs, pointing to
Administrative Tools, and selecting SharePoint Central Administration. (If necessary,
consult the Windows SharePoint Services Administrator’s Guide for installation instructions
and requirements.) You must also have permissions to create a Windows
account if one is not available and an account that has privileges to administer
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS). A Windows SharePoint Services Share-
Point Administrators group member account is not automatically permitted access to
IIS Administration, only Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server.
Creating a New Windows SharePoint Services Administrator Account
Windows SharePoint Services security requires that an account be used to administer
Windows SharePoint Services sites and that it belong to the SharePoint Administrator’s
group. A base account is usually set up when Windows SharePoint Services is
installed, and in many environments—including development environments—only
one account is used. However, it is best practice to designate a specific account to
manage particular sites to better control the hierarchy of security. (IIS and access
control lists [ACL] are used to prevent Administrators from accessing sites they do
not own.) For this example, any SharePoint Administrator account can be used, but
we will follow best practices and create a new account named WSSASPTester.
To create a new Windows user account
1. If you are using NTLM (basic Windows Accounts), click Start, point to All Programs,
point to Administrative Tools, and select Computer Management.
2. Click the plus sign (+) next to Local Users And Groups to expand it, and then
click the Users folder. The list of users should appear on the right side of the
screen.
3. Right-click the Users folder, and from the menu, select New User. This opens
the New User screen.
4. Enter the user information for the new account, WSSASPTester, as follows:
■ User name: WSSASPTester
■ Full Name: WSSASPTester Tester