SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide

Chapter 23. SharePoint Administration

Introduction

As you might know by now, Office SharePoint Server 2007 includes a collection of components designed to serve specific functions, such as search, collaboration, business intelligence, business forms, content management, enterprise search, and so on. A web site that is built in SharePoint will use a combination of these components. For example, an intranet site will use the collaboration, search, business forms, and business intelligence components, whereas a site built for web content publishing will use the content management and search capabilities. Each of these different components has its own configuration requirements and other settings. Therefore, depending upon the different features being used in the site, the administrative tasks will vary.

The objective of this chapter is to discuss some of the most common administrative tasks performed at the different levels within the SharePoint 2007 environment. These tasks include the administration of server-level configurations, web applications, site collections, and site settings. A detailed review of every administrative option is beyond the scope of this chapter.

Tip

Please see Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 for in-depth coverage on administrative tasks related to server installation and server configuration.

SharePoint 2007 provides different utilities to perform the post installation configuration. These utilities can be divided into three main categories:

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