Site and solution administration (SharePoint Server 2010)

Published: May 12, 2010

This chapter describes how to configure administration settings for sites and solutions in a Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 environment.

• Site and site collection administration (SharePoint Server 2010)

  The topics in this section explain how to create and delete site collections, how to manage site collection administrators, how to use quota templates to manage site storage limits and determine when to lock sites, and how to delete unused Web sites. The topics in this section also explain how to configure security for Web parts pages and controls.

• Sandboxed solutions administration (SharePoint Server 2010)

  The articles in this section provide instructions for managing sandboxed solutions that run in restricted execution environments within your enterprise.

• Enterprise search administration (SharePoint Server 2010)

  These articles describe how to crawl different content sources, make search results more relevant, configure the search topology, and monitor search.

• User Profile Service administration (SharePoint Server 2010)

  The User Profile Service enables the creation and management of user profiles that can be accessed from multiple sites and farms. The articles in this section contain procedures for administering the User Profile Service.

• Managed metadata administration (SharePoint Server 2010)

  The articles in this section contain procedures for working with the managed metadata service application.

• Document management administration (SharePoint Server 2010)

  The articles in this section explain how to perform common administrative tasks for document management.

• Content deployment administration (SharePoint Server 2010)

  Content deployment enables you to copy content from a source site collection to a destination site collection. The articles in this section contain procedures for managing content deployment.

• Business Data Connectivity service administration (SharePoint Server 2010)

  The articles in this section provide descriptions of general administrative Business Data Connectivity service operations and operations related to the items that are stored and managed by using the services.

• Workflow administration (SharePoint Server 2010)

  The articles in this section explain how to perform common workflow administration tasks.

• InfoPath forms administration (SharePoint Server 2010)

  The articles in this section describe the tasks and procedures that server farm administrators can use when they operate and maintain InfoPath Forms Services in SharePoint Server 2010.

• Excel Services administration (SharePoint Server 2010)

  The articles in this section contain procedures for managing the Excel Services service application to share, view, and refresh Microsoft Excel workbooks.

• PerformancePoint Services administration (SharePoint Server 2010)

  The articles in this section contain procedures for setting up, configuring, and monitoring PerformancePoint Services.

• Access Services administration

  The articles in this section contain procedures for setting up, configuring, and monitoring Access Services and Access Web databases.

• Visio Graphics Service administration (SharePoint Server 2010)

  The articles in this section contain procedures for managing the Visio Graphics Service service application to share, view, and refresh Microsoft Visio 2010 Web drawings.

• Create an Enterprise wiki (SharePoint Server 2010)

  This article explains how to create an Enterprise wiki by using either Central Administration or Windows PowerShell.

• Web content management operations (SharePoint Server 2010)

  The articles in this section contain procedures for managing document conversions.

• Mobile administration (SharePoint Server 2010)

  The articles in this section contain procedures for configuring mobile accounts, mobile views, and cross-firewall access zones.

• SharePoint workspace administration (SharePoint Server 2010)

• This article provides procedural guidance for IT pros who are deploying SharePoint Workspace for end users.

• Deploy a client tool for taking SharePoint content offline (video)

  This article shows how to deploy SharePoint Workspace 2010 to client machines so that end users can synchronize offline work with SharePoint sites.