GlobalProperties Class
The GlobalProperties class represents a set of properties specific to Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 that apply across a server or server farm.
System.Object
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Topology.TopologyObjectBase
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Topology.GlobalProperties
Public Methods
The following table shows the public methods of the GlobalProperties class and a brief description of each.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Commit(Boolean) | Persists changes made to the properties of the GlobalProperties instance. |
Public Properties
The following table shows the properties of the GlobalProperties class, the data type of each property, and a brief description of each.
| Name | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ContactEmail | String | Gets or sets the e-mail address of the portal owner or of the contact for search. |
| CrawlAccountUserName Property | String | Gets or sets the account used by the IndexService object. |
| DefaultDocumentService | Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Topology.DocumentService | Gets or sets the default DocumentService object for a portal site. |
| DefaultServiceDatabaseService | Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Topology.DatabaseService | Gets or sets the default services database for a portal site. |
| DefaultSiteDatabaseService | Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Topology.DatabaseService | Gets or sets the default content database for a portal site. |
| IsCentral | Boolean | Gets a value that indicates whether the portal site is a parent portal site that provides shared services. |
| IsFederated | Boolean | Gets a value that indicates whether the portal site is a child portal site. |
| JobServer | Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Topology.Server | Gets or sets the server that runs background processes for the portal site. |
| JobStatus | String | Gets or sets the status of a long-running operation. |
| LanguageID Property | Int32 | Gets or sets the language of the portal site. |
| MasterConfigurationDatabase | Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Topology.ConfigurationDatabase | Gets the configuration database of the portal site. |
| MasterFarmConnectionString | Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Data.SqlConnectionString | Gets or sets the connection string for the configuration database. |
| MasterPortalSite | Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Topology.PortalSite | Gets or sets the parent portal site in a shared service. |
| Name | String | Reserved. |
| ProxyAddress | String | Gets or sets the address of the proxy server. |
| ProxyBypassList | String | Gets or sets the list of addresses for which to bypass the proxy server. |
| ProxyBypassLocal | Boolean | Gets or sets a value that indicates whether to bypass the proxy server for local addresses. |
| ProxyPort | Int32 | Gets or sets the port used by the proxy server. |
| ProxyType | Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Topology.ProxyType | Gets or sets a constant that indicates whether to use a proxy server. |
| SSODatabaseConnectionString | Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Data.SqlConnectionString | Gets or sets the connection string for the single sign-on database. |
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
Remarks
Use the GlobalProperties class to manage settings specific to SharePoint Portal Server that apply across the topology of the server farm. Use the Globals class to manage settings specific to Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services that apply across the topology of the server farm.
In a SharePoint Portal Server topology, the Globals class contains properties specific to Windows SharePoint Services, and the GlobalProperties class contains properties specific to SharePoint Portal Server. Properties of the Globals class are stored in the Globals table of the configuration database; properties of the GlobalProperties class are stored in the PortalGlobals table of the configuration database.
Instances of the IndexService object use the values of the proxy server properties when creating content indexes.
After calling the Add(Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Topology.DocumentService) method of the DocumentServiceCollection object you must update the DefaultDocumentService property according to the action taken. If a new document service is added, the DefaultDocumentService property must point to it. In addition, you must call the Commit(Boolean) method of the GlobalProperties object to persist the changes.
To use the properties and methods of the objects in the Topology namespace you must be a member of the local STS_WPG and SPS_WPG security groups, and a member of the db_owner database role for the configuration database.
In addition, for certain methods, such as those that create a portal site, you must be a member of the local Administrators group, and have membership in the Database Creators and Security Administrators server roles in the SQL Server instance that hosts the configuration database.
Requirements
Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Topology
Platforms: Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal (in Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.dll)
Security: Code Access Security