Change the Central Administration Web site port number

Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007

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Topic Last Modified: 2008-02-05

Before you perform this procedure, confirm that:

• You have read the topic Manage farm administration settings.

  Important

  Membership in the Farm Administrators SharePoint group is the minimum required to complete this procedure.

Change the Central Administration Web site port number

Use this procedure to change the port number of the Central Administration Web site.

Change the Central Administration Web site port number by using the Stsadm command-line tool

1. On the drive where SharePoint Products and Technologies is installed, open a command-line window and type the following command: cd %CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\bin

2. To determine the current port number for the Central Administration Web site, at the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER: stsadm -o getadminport

   For more information, see Getadminport.

3. To change the port number for the Central Administration Web site, use the following command, including any options that apply to your environment: stsadm -o setadminport -port <port> [-ssl] [-admapcreatenew] [-admapidname] <application pool name>

   For more information, see Setadminport.