Administering SharePoint Farm Settings


Every SharePoint farm has a handful of settings that determine how the farm functions and interacts with the servers within it. These settings affect all servers in the farm and should consequently be understood well when administering a SharePoint environment.

Adjusting Server Component Assignments

Each server added to a SharePoint farm can assume one, some, or many designated roles for the farm. These roles determine whether the SharePoint server is dedicated to search functions, or whether it holds a copy of the configuration database, for example. To modify these settings, perform the following steps:

1.

Open SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration (Site Settings, SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration).

2.

Click on the Configure Server Topology link in the Server Configuration section.

3.

Click the Change Components link on the Configure Server Topology page.

4.

Select the options to assign components to a server in the farm, as shown in Figure 17.7. More than one component can be added for each server. Click OK when complete.

Figure 17.7. Adjusting server component assignments.


Modifying SMTP Server Settings

SharePoint utilizes SMTP mail heavily to provide communications among site members, to send administrative notifications, and to send alerts to users. Consequently, it is important to have the proper SMTP server information entered into a SharePoint farm. To change the SMTP server settings, perform the following steps:

1.

On the portal home page, click on Site Settings.

2.

Click on Go to SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration. (You may be prompted for a username and password to view the page.)

3.

Under the Server Configuration category, click on Configure E-mail Server Settings.

4.

Enter the SMTP server information into the Outbound SMTP Server field, as shown in Figure 17.8.

Figure 17.8. Modifying SMTP server settings.


5.

Enter the appropriate information in the From E-mail Address and Reply-To E-mail Address fields.

6.

Click OK when complete.

Connecting to an HTML Viewer Server

SharePoint Portal Server 2003 allows for a designated system to be set up and configured as an HTML Viewer server. This system provides users who don't have Microsoft Office installed the ability to view Office documents via HTML. After an HTML Viewer server is installed into a SharePoint farm, it must be specifically referred to within the configuration of the SharePoint farm. To establish a connection to an HTML Viewer server, perform the following steps:

1.

On the portal home page, click on Site Settings.

2.

Click on Go to SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration. (You may be prompted for a username and password.)

3.

Under the Component Configuration category, choose Configure HTML Viewer.

4.

Check the Allow HTML Viewing box and enter the path to an HTML Viewer server, as shown in Figure 17.9.

Figure 17.9. Configuring HTML Viewer settings.


5.

Click OK when complete.

Once again, enabling this feature does not by itself turn on the HTML viewer; a specific server must be setup to allow for this functionality. To view specific information on setting up an HTML Viewer server, see Chapter 7, "Configuring Client Access to SharePoint Resources."




Microsoft SharePoint 2003 Unleashed
Microsoft SharePoint 2003 Unleashed (2nd Edition) (Unleashed)
ISBN: 0672328038
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 288

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