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Using Central Administration (Windows SharePoint Server)

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Applies To: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

 

You can use Central Administration to perform administration tasks for SharePoint Products and Technologies from a central location. Central Administration is divided into three main pages: Home, Operations, and Application Management.

What do you want to do?

  • Learn what's on the Home page

  • Learn what's on the Operations page

  • Learn what's on the Application Management page

Learn what's on the Home page

The Central Administration Home page is opened by clicking the Home tab. The Home page contains the following three Web parts:

  • Administrator Tasks   This section lists tasks that you should complete. Each task links to a page where you can read about and then perform the task.

  • Farm Topology   This section lists each server in the farm and the services running on each server. You can click a server to manage its services.

  • Resources   This section is a list of links similar to the Favorites menu in Windows Internet Explorer. When you add a new link, you can optionally add a description and notes.

Learn what's on the Operations page

The Operations page is opened by clicking the Operations tab. This page contains links to pages where you can perform administrative tasks. The following table describes the sections on the Operations page.

Section Description Included Links

Topology and Services

Contains links to pages where you can administer services, farm topology, and e-mail settings.

  • Serversinfarm

  • Servicesonserver

  • Outgoinge-mailsettings

  • Incominge-mailsettings

  • Approve/rejectdistributiongroups

Security Configuration

Contains links to pages where you can administer security settings, including antivirus and blocked file types for downloading and uploading.

  • Service accounts

  • InformationRights Management

  • Antivirus

  • Blockedfile types

  • Updatefarmadministrator's group

Logging and Reporting

Contains links to pages that help you understand the state of your servers.

  • Diagnosticlogging

  • Usageanalysis processing

Upgrade and Migration

Contains links to pages where you can complete such tasks as upgrading sites and servers, enabling features, and migrating content.

  • Site content upgrade status

  • Finalizeupgrade

Global Configuration

Contains links to pages where you can administer settings that affect the farm globally, such as administering timer jobs, configuring alternative access mapping, and managing solutions.

  • Timer job status

  • Timerjob definitions

  • Alternate access mappings

  • Manage farm features

  • Solutionmanagement

Backup and Restore

Contains links to pages where you can back up and restore both applications and data

  • Performabackup

  • Backup and restore history

  • Restore from backup

  • Backupand restore job status

Data Configuration

Contains links to pages where you can specify the default database server for SharePoint sites and configure the data retrieval service

  • Defaultdatabase server

  • Dataretrieval service

Learn what's on the Application Management page

The Application Management page contains links where you can create and administer Web Applications and Site Collections, and contains links to pages where you can configure related settings.

The following table describes the sections on the Application Management page.

Section Description Included Links

SharePoint Web Application Management

Contains links to pages where you can manage Web applications, configure e-mail settings at the Web application level, and manage content databases.

  • Createor extend Web application

  • RemoveSharePoint from IIS Web site

  • DeleteWeb application

  • Definemanaged paths

  • Webapplication outgoing E-mail settings

  • Webapplication general settings

  • Contentdatabases

  • ManageWeb application features

  • Webapplication list

Application Security

Contains links to pages where you can administer security at the Web application level.

  • Securityfor Web Part pages

  • Self-service site management

  • Userpermissions for Web application

  • Policyfor Webapplication

  • Authenticationproviders

Workflow Management

Contains links to pages where you can manage workflow settings.

  • Workflowsettings

SharePoint Site Management

Contains links to pages where you can manage site collections and site use.

  • Createsite collection

  • Deletesite collection

  • Siteuse confirmation and deletion

  • Quotatemplates

  • Sitecollection quotas and locks

  • Sitecollection administrators

  • Sitecollection list

External Service Connections

Contains links to pages where you can administer connections to services that are external to Web applications, including document conversion services.

  • Recordscenter

  • HTMLviewer

  • Document conversions