108 ❘ CHAPTER 4 iNstalliNg aNd coNfigUriNg sharePoiNt 2010 30. When the wizard completes, SharePoint will return a page with a list of the service applica- tions that were created. Click Finish. 31. Configure Outgoing e-mail: a. From the home page of Central Admin, click System Settings. b. On the System Settings page, click Configure outgoing e-mail settings from the E-mail and Text Messages (SMS) section. c. Specify the Outbound SMTP server and the From and Reply to addresses, and then click OK. 32. Configure the Secure State Service: a. From the left-hand navigation pane, click Application Management. b. Click Manage service applications from the Service Applications section. c. Scroll down the page and click Secure Store Service. d. From the ribbon, click Generate New Key. e. Enter and confirm a passphrase and click OK. f. When finished, you should see the message “There are no Secure Store Target Applications in this Secure Store Service Application.” This is normal. 33. Set a simple search crawl schedule: a. From the Central Admin home page, select Manage service applications. b. Click the Search Service Application. c. From the left-hand navigation pane, click Content Sources. d. Hover over Local SharePoint sites and click the drop-down arrow. e. Select Edit. f. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Create schedule. g. Define a schedule and click OK. With these settings done, your farm should be ready to rock and roll. Now would be a great time to put your backup strategy in place. CREATING SOMETHING USERS CAN USE You have done it. SharePoint is now fully installed and configured—all that is left is creating something your users can use. Of course, the configuration wizard did create a web application at http://servername for you that you could give the users access to, but if you are like some geeks you prefer server names like BigScaryMonsterFromSpace or Server128323-City-State-Country- Company. While both of those names are great for IT, they kind of stink for Betty in accounting. Creating Something Users Can Use ❘ 109 So instead, create a web application like http://portal.company.com or http://DepartmentName to get users started. Remember that whatever host header you choose you will need to create a DNS record that points that host header at your SharePoint server. For the following example we use portal.contoso.com. A DNS host (A) record was created to resolve portal.contoso.com to the IP address of ServerSP. One side track before you create your web application. You should use a new unique account for the application pool. For the example use Contoso\SP_PortalApp. This account needs to be a domain user. You also need to register this as a managed account before creating the web application. The following sections walk you through the main steps: creating a managed account, a web appli- cation, and a site collection, and adding users. Creating a New Managed Account Follow these steps to create a new managed account: 1. From the home page of Central Admin, click Security. 2. Click Configure managed accounts from the General Security section. 3. Click the Register Managed Account link. 4. Enter the username and password. For this example use Contoso\SP_PortalApp for the username. 5. Leave the other default settings and click OK. Creating a Web Application Follow these steps to create a web application: 1. From Central Admin, select Application Management. 2. Click Manage web applications from the Web Applications section. 3. From the Ribbon, click the New icon. 4. For Authentication, accept the default of Classic Mode Authentication. (For more informa- tion on the differences between Classic Mode and Claims Based, check out Chapter 9.) 5. In the IIS Web Site section, select Create a new IIS web site. (Remember that in SharePoint terminology this is called a web application.) 6. For the port enter 80. 7. For Host Header enter portal.contoso.com. 8. Confirm your web application settings to match those shown in Figure 4-14 and then scroll down the page. 110 ❘ CHAPTER 4 iNstalliNg aNd coNfigUriNg sharePoiNt 2010 FIGURE 414 9. For the fields Authentication provider, Allow Anonymous, Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and Public URL, accept the defaults. 10. In the Application Pool section, select the Configurable drop-down and change it to your new managed account. For this example, select Contoso\SP_PortalApp. 11. Change the Database Name from WSS_Content_<big GUID string> to WSS_Content_ yourhostheader. For this example, the database name used was WSS_Content_Portal, as shown in Figure 4-15. FIGURE 415 Creating Something Users Can Use ❘ 111 12. Scroll down the page and select Yes for the Enable Customer Experience Improvement Program. (This is optional but it is a good idea.) 13. Keep all other defaults and click OK. 14. Once the process is complete, click OK at the Application Created window. Creating a Site Collection Follow these instructions to create a site collection: 1. Click Application Management from the left-hand side of the page. 2. Click Create site collections from the Site Collections section. 3. Change the web application to your new web application by clicking the drop-down next to http://Servername and selecting Change web application. 4. From the pop-up window, click your web application. For this example, it is SharePoint - portal.contoso.com80. 5. Enter a Title and Description. 6. The URL will be at the default of http://webapplication/. For this example, it is http://portal .contoso.com/, as shown in Figure 4-16. 7. Scroll down the page and choose a template. This will be the template used for the root web in the site collection. You may also elect to choose <select template later…> from the Custom tab. This allows site collection administrators to choose their own template. 8. Enter a Primary and Secondary Site Collection Administrator. 9. Choose No Quota. 10. Click OK. You will get a page with Top-Level Site Successfully Created message. Click OK. FIGURE 416 112 ❘ CHAPTER 4 iNstalliNg aNd coNfigUriNg sharePoiNt 2010 Add Users The last step is to quickly grant access to the necessary users. For example, if you want everyone to try out SharePoint, you can set up Domain Users to have contributor access. 1. Navigate to your new site collection. For the example, that’s http://portal.contoso.com. 2. Log in as the site collection administrator. 3. There will be a slight delay the first time the site is accessed. Once the page opens, click Site Actions ➪ Site Settings. 4. Click Site permissions from the Users and Permissions section. 5. Click the Grant Permissions button from the Ribbon. 6. Enter domain users and select the members group from the drop-down. 7. Click OK. SharePoint is now ready for use. SUMMARY As you have seen from this chapter, while the install is not overly complicated, there are some oppor- tunities for mistakes, but also many chances to make your life easier going forward. Take the time to proactively consider the installation process, and never fall for the line that “The server doesn’t matter, it is just a POC.” With the knowledge you gained from this chapter, you should be on your way to a great experience with SharePoint 2010. Finally, if you only take one idea from this chapter, remember that standalone installs are the devil. . 108 ❘ CHAPTER 4 iNstalliNg aNd coNfigUriNg sharePoiNt 2010 30. When the wizard completes, SharePoint will return a page with a list of the service applica- tions. iNstalliNg aNd coNfigUriNg sharePoiNt 2010 Add Users The last step is to quickly grant access to the necessary users. For example, if you want everyone to try out SharePoint, you can set up. in Figure 4-14 and then scroll down the page. 110 ❘ CHAPTER 4 iNstalliNg aNd coNfigUriNg sharePoiNt 2010 FIGURE 414 9. For the fields Authentication provider, Allow Anonymous, Use Secure Sockets