Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Administration Inside Out

Chapter 5. Managing farms, web applications, and content databases

SharePoint farm architecture

Farm topology

Farm management

Creating and configuring web applications

Removing and extending web applications

Configuring Alternate Access Mappings

Managing content databases

Microsoft SharePoint 2013 is designed to be a highly flexible and scalable platform for information management. In this chapter, you will learn about the various server roles and relationships in the server farm and how to add and manage servers. You’ll also see how to create and manage web applications as well as introduce Alternate Access Mappings for redirecting URLs. Finally, you’ll examine how to manage, add, and remove content databases as part of a web application.

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