Dismiss the Server Farm Configuration not Complete warning

Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007

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Topic Last Modified: 2008-04-16

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.

The warning "Server Farm Configuration not Complete" is displayed on Central Administration pages until you complete three tasks that are required prior to deploying any sites. The Administrator Tasks list displays the tasks that need to be completed, as follows:

• Add servers to the farm

• Assign required services to each server

• Create a Shared Services Provider (SSP)

  Note

  The tasks displayed in the Administrator Tasks list cannot be customized until after the server farm has been properly configured. After this set of tasks has been completed, the "Server Farm Configuration not Complete" warning is no longer displayed on the Central Administration pages, and the Administrator Tasks list is updated to display a list of tasks that enable you to further configure your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server installation. You may now customize the tasks in the Administrator Tasks list.

Add servers to the farm

Before you can add servers to the farm, you must install and configure Office SharePoint Server 2007 on all Web servers and any index servers to be added to the farm. After installing Office SharePoint Server 2007, you then run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard in order to join the server to the farm.

For information about installing and configuring Office SharePoint Server 2007, see Install Office SharePoint Server 2007 and run the SharePoint Products and Technologies configuration wizard.

When you have completed this task, edit the task in the Administrator Tasks list, and set the Status to Completed.

Assign required services to each server

After adding servers to your server farm, you must assign the required services to each server. The services that run on a server determine the role of the server within the server farm.

Assign the required services to each server in the server farm

1. On the top link bar of the Central Administration site, click Operations.

2. On the Operations page, in the Topology and Services section, click Services on server.

3. On the Services on Server page, if the Server list box does not show the name of the server you want to configure, click the drop-down list and then click Change Server. On the Select Server page, click the name of the server you want to configure. The selected server will be displayed on the Services on Server page.

4. Select the server role for the server you are configuring. The list of available services and the service status will be displayed in the table. The table indicates which services are required, and provides a link to start any services that are currently stopped.

5. Start the required services, and any additional services you want to use with the server you specified.

6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 for each server in your server farm.

When you have completed this task, edit the task in the Administrator Tasks list, and set the Status to Completed.

Create a Shared Services Provider (SSP)

After adding servers to your farm and assigning the required services to each server, you must create a Shared Services Provider (SSP). An SSP provides a common set of services and service data to a logical grouping of Web applications and their associated sites.

For information about creating the default Shared Services Provider for your server farm, see Configure the primary Shared Services Provider.

For information about planning SSPs in your server farm environment, see Plan Shared Services Providers.

When you have completed this task, edit the task in the Administrator Tasks list, and set the Status to Completed.