Web Site Creation

You must create a new Web site for each authentication model that you want to use. For example, if you want to have both Anonymous access and Basic authentication, you must create two Web sites. On one Web site, you specify Anonymous access, and on the other site, you specify Basic authentication.

You should not modify settings on the Default Web Site. Specifically, SharePoint Portal Server requires the Default Web Site to use port 80 as the TCP port. Do not change the port to an alternative HTTP port (such as 8000 or 8080) after installation. Ensure that you specify port 80 and that it remains the primary port for the server.

To create a new Web site:

1. On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Services Manager.
2. Expand the node for the SharePoint Portal Server computer.
3. Right-click the name of the SharePoint Portal Server computer, point to New, and then click Web Site. The Web Site Creation Wizard appears.
4. Click Next, and then follow the instructions in the wizard.
5. On the Web Site Description page, type a description of the Web site, and then click Next. The description appears in the tree view of the console. For example, if you want to use this Web site to provide Anonymous access, you could type AdventureWorksAnon as the description.
6. On the IP Address and Port Settings page, complete the following steps:
   • Select the IP address. Do not select (All Unassigned).
   • Type 80 for the TCP port number.
   • Type the external FQDN as the host header. The host header is of the form external_server_name.external_domain_name. For example, if the external server name for your SharePoint Portal Server computer is AdventureWorks, and the external domain name is adventure-works.com, you would type AdventureWorks.adventure-works.com as the host header.
   • Click Next.
7. On the Web Site Home Directory page, complete the following steps:
   • Type the path for your home directory.

     It is strongly recommended that the home directory be under the Inetpub directory. For example, the path can be C:\Inetpub\AdventureWorks. For more information about creating a default Web page, see the section Extranet Testing from the Intranet later in this chapter.

   • If you do not want to allow Anonymous access to SharePoint Portal Server, clear the Allow anonymous access to this Web site check box. For detailed information about specifying security on the new Web site, see the section Security Settings later in this chapter.
   • Click Next.
8. On the Web Site Access Permissions page, click Next. Do not change the default access permissions.
9. Click Finish. The new Web site appears.
10. Expand Default Web Site, and then note the following five virtual directories (nodes on the tree): Exchweb, SharePoint Portal Server, Public, MSOffice, and YourWorkspace, where YourWorkspace represents the name of the virtual directory for your workspace. Write down the local path for each virtual directory, or use copy and paste while performing the steps. You need this path to complete the following steps.

    For example, if you name your workspace Marketing, look at the Marketing virtual directory.

    To find the local path, complete these steps for each of the five virtual directories.

    • Right-click the virtual directory, and then click Properties.
    • On the Virtual Directory tab, note or copy the path shown in Local Path.
    • Close the Properties page.
11. Right-click the new Web site that you created in steps 3 through 9, point to New, and then click Virtual Directory. The Virtual Directory Creation Wizard appears.
12. Click Next, and then follow the instructions in the wizard.
13. On the Virtual Directory Alias page, type Exchweb in Alias, and then click Next.
14. On the Web Site Content Directory page, type or paste the path for Exchweb from step 10 in Directory, and then click Next.
15. On the Access Permissions page, click Next. Do not change the default access permissions.
16. Click Finish.
17. To create a virtual directory for SharePoint Portal Server, Public, MSOffice, and YourWorkspace, where YourWorkspace represents the name of the virtual directory for your workspace, repeat steps 11 through 16.

    The names of the new virtual directories must exactly match the names of the original virtual directories under the Default Web Site. Do not rename the virtual directories.

18. After creating the virtual directories, for the Public and YourWorkspace virtual directories on the new Web site that you created, use the following procedure:
    • Right-click the virtual directory, and then click Properties.
    • Click the Virtual Directory tab.
    • In Application Protection, select Low (IIS Process).
    • On the Virtual Directory tab, click Configuration.
    • On the App Mappings tab, click Add.
    • In Executable, type the path to the msdmisap.dll file. You can also browse to the msdmisap.dll file. By default, this file is located in the SharePoint Portal Server \Bin directory. For example, if you installed SharePoint Portal Server to Program Files\SharePoint Portal Server, this file is in Program Files\SharePoint Portal Server\Bin.

      In Executable, ensure that path entered follows the 8.3 naming convention. For example, if the msdmisap.dll file is in the Program Files\SharePoint Portal Server\Bin directory on drive D, type the path in Executable as the following:

      D:\Progra~1\ShareP~1\Bin\msdmisap.dll

    • In Extension, type * and then click OK.
    • Clear the Check that file exists check box.
    • To close Application Configuration, click OK.
    • To close the Properties page, click OK.
19. For the YourWorkspace virtual directory on the Web site that you created, use the following procedure:
    • Right-click the virtual directory, and then click Properties.
    • On the Virtual Directory tab, select the Write check box.
    • Click the HTTP Headers tab, and then click Add.
    • In Custom Header Name, type MicrosoftTahoeServer.
    • In Custom Header Value, type 1.0.
    • Click OK.
    • To close the Properties page, click OK.
20. For the MSOffice virtual directory on the Web site that you created, complete the following steps:
    • Right-click the virtual directory, and then click Properties.
    • Click the Virtual Directory tab.
    • In Execute Permissions, click Scripts and Executables.
    • To close the Properties page, click OK.
21. Right-click YourVirtualWeb, where YourVirtualWeb is the name of the new Web site you just created, and then click Start.

    If the computer already started YourVirtualWeb, omit this step.

22. Restart the server.