Configuring key settings
1. Start
?SharePoint Central Administration? console under Administration Tools
2. Set
the SharePoint administration group
a. Under
?Security Configuration,? click Set SharePoint administration group
b. Enter
the name of the group that should have full access to all SharePoint sites
c. Click
OK
3. Configure
blocked file types
a. Under
?Security Configuration? click Manage blocked file types
b. Edit
the list as you see fit
?
If you plan on storing EXE, scripts, html, or similar pages on
any SharePoint site you will need to remove those file extensions from this
list.
4. Set
the e-mail server
?
SharePoint can send out alerts to users when items in SharePoint
change.
a. Under
?Server Configuration? click Configure default e-mail server settings
b. Enter
in the DNS name for your e-mail server in the Outbound SMTP server field
c. Enter
in the e-mail address you wish users to see on the From and To line when they
receive or reply to messages
?
The server specified must accept e-mail from the SharePoint server.?
The address specified should be valid, but SharePoint doesn?t require its own
mailbox.? This address can be added to an existing mailbox or group or an
existing address can be entered.
d. Click
OK
5. Enable
analysis processing
?
This can be used to report or view which site are and aren?t
being used, who accesses them the most, and what the most commonly accessed
files and lists on the sites are.
a. Under
?Component Configuration? click Configure usage analysis processing
b. Click
Enable logging
c. Click
Enable usage analysis processing
?
The defaults for both options should be fine.
6. Close
the SharePoint Central Administration page
Creating a SharePoint Site
By default, a basic site will be created on the server that only the person who
installed SharePoint, local Administrators, and members of the SharePoint
administrator?s group can access.? The default site will look like the image
below.
Customizing the default site
Setting permissions
1. Goto
http://<DNS name for the SharePoint server> or
http://localhost
if you are on the SharePoint server
?
It is highly suggested that you add http://*.<domain name>
to the Trusted Sites list on all of your client computers.? This can easily be
done with a GPO, see
http://www.jsifaq.com/subn/tip6600/rh6644.htm
for steps on how to do this.
?
If users are prompted for their username and password, they will
become annoyed quickly.? In addition, whenever users open or try to save a
document to SharePoint, they will be prompted for their credentials again
unless the SharePoint server is in their Trusted Sites list.?
2. Click
on Site Settings at the top center of the page
3. Click Manage users under ?Administration?
4.
On the Manage Users page, click Add Users
5.
In the Step 1 box, enter in the group of users that should have access
to the default SharePoint site in the format of <domain>\<pre-Windows
2000 name>
?
I would suggest using the Domain Users group or some other group
that includes all internal users or those that should be able to access the
SharePoint site by default.
6.
Under Step 2 choose ?Reader?
?
The Address Book button requires that Outlook is installed on the
machine you are currently using.? It allows you to select uses or groups from
the GAL when granting access.? This requires you to be running Exchange 200x.
7. Click
Next
8. Under
Step 4 if ?Send the following e-mail to let users know they?ve been added? is
checked, uncheck it.
9.
Click Finish
10. Repeat steps 4 though 9 to
add other users with access
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In step 5 you might want to give a group of users who should be
able to modify SharePoint sites ?Web Designer? access in step 6.
11. Click Site Settings when
you are done adding users and groups
Changing the title of the site
1. Under
Site Settings, click Change site title and description under the
?Customization? section
2. Enter
the title you want to show up on the main or root page
?
On all sub-site, those under the main site, there will be a link
in the upper right hand corner that will say ?Up to <title>?, in the example
above it will say ?Up to Company Portal.?
3. Click
OK
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