Chapter 15. Advanced Installation and Configuration

Generally you install SharePoint on your network for a reason. Maybe you intend to use it for document storage, collaboration, data gathering, or calendar and contact management. But behind the scenes you might need more than the default settings allow. You may need your users to not have preexisting accounts in Active Directory. Your data might need the security of SSL, or you might need Kerberos authentication. You might be planning on having tens of thousands of users and require multiple front end servers managed centrally from one Central Administration site. These requirements involve a more complicated SharePoint installation and configuration. They also may (who am I kidding? They will) ...

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