Internal FQDN Mapping

If you want to use SharePoint Portal Server on your intranet with an internal FQDN, you must map the internal FQDN of the server to an IP address. If you do not want to enable internal FQDN support, you can skip this section.

To map the SharePoint Portal Server computer name to an IP address:

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 Default Web Site, and then click Properties.
4. On the Web Site tab, click Advanced. The Advanced Multiple Web Site Configuration dialog box appears.

   Do not remove (All Unassigned) from port 80 under Multiple identities for this Web Site.

5. Map the internal FQDN for the server to an IP address:
   • Click Add. The Advanced Web Site Identification dialog box appears.
   • Select your IP address from IP Address. Do not select (All Unassigned).
   • Type 80 in TCP Port.
   • Type the internal FQDN for the server in Host Header Name, and then click OK. The internal FQDN is of the form NetBIOS_name.internal_domain_name. For example, if the NetBIOS name for your SharePoint Portal Server is AdvWks, and the internal domain name is corp.adventure-works.com, you would type AdvWks.corp.adventure-works.com as the host header name.
6. To close the Advanced Multiple Web Site Configuration dialog box, click OK, and then to close the Properties page, click OK.

If your network does not natively support FQDN, you are running WINS, or users experience errors navigating to the dashboard site by using FQDN, each user and the server administrator must perform an additional step.

• Users must configure proxy server settings for the browser to bypass the proxy server for local addresses on each client computer accessing the dashboard site.
• The server administrator must configure the proxy settings for Internet Explorer on the SharePoint Portal Server computer to include the domain of the local computer on the bypass list.

Each user and the server administrator can configure the proxy server settings by using the following procedure. This procedure applies when your browser is Internet Explorer 5. To do this on other browsers, consult the browser documentation.

To configure Internet Explorer 5 to bypass the proxy server for local addresses:

1. Close all current Internet Explorer 5 windows and Microsoft Windows Explorer windows.
2. On the SharePoint Portal Server computer, Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
3. Double-click Internet Options. The Internet Properties dialog box appears.
4. On the Connections tab, click LAN Settings.
5. Select the Use a proxy server and Bypass proxy server for local addresses check boxes.
6. Specify the address and port number of the proxy server, and then click Advanced.
7. In Do not use proxy server for addresses beginning with, type *domain where domain is the domain of your SharePoint Portal Server. For example, if the domain is adventure-works.com, type *adventure-works.com
8. Click OK, and then to close the remaining dialog boxes, click OK again.