Configure the default settings for a server farm (Windows SharePoint Services)
Applies To: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Topic Last Modified: 2008-02-06
After the initial installation and configuration of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, you can configure several additional settings. The configuration of additional settings is optional, but many key features are not available unless these settings are configured.
Configure the default settings for a server farm
To take full advantage of the administrative features and capabilities of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, perform the following optional administrative tasks, which appear in the Administrator Tasks list on the Home page of the SharePoint Central Administration Web site. For more information, see Manage the Administrative Tasks List (Windows SharePoint Services).
Configure incoming e-mail settings For information about incoming e-mail considerations, see Plan incoming e-mail (Windows SharePoint Services).
To perform this procedure, see Configure incoming e-mail settings (Windows SharePoint Services).
Configure outgoing e-mail settings For information about outgoing e-mail consideration, see Plan outgoing e-mail (Windows SharePoint Services).
To perform this procedure, see Configure outgoing e-mail settings (Windows SharePoint Services) and Configure outgoing e-mail settings for a specific Web application (Windows SharePoint Services).
Create SharePoint sites When Setup finishes, you have a single Web application that hosts a single SharePoint site. If your site design requires multiple sites or multiple Web applications, you can create more SharePoint sites and Web applications. To perform this procedure, see Deploy and configure SharePoint sites (Windows SharePoint Services).
Configure workflow settings For information about workflow considerations, see Plan workflows (Windows SharePoint Services).
To perform this procedure, see Configure workflow settings (Windows SharePoint Services).
Specify a unique application pool account for Central Administration If the account that is used by the Central Administration application pool is also used by another Web application, the Administrator Tasks list will include a task to change the Central Administration application pool account so that it uses a unique account. To perform this procedure, see Change the Central Administration Web site port number (Windows SharePoint Services).
Configure diagnostic logging settings You can configure several diagnostic logging settings to help with troubleshooting. These include enabling and configuring trace logs, event messages, user-mode error messages, and Customer Experience Improvement Program events. To perform this procedure, see Configure diagnostic logging settings (Windows SharePoint Services).
Configure antivirus settings You can configure several antivirus settings if you have an antivirus program that is designed for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Antivirus settings allow you to control whether documents are scanned on upload or on download, and whether users can download infected documents. You can also specify how long you want the antivirus program to run before it times out, and you can specify how many execution threads the antivirus program can use on the server. To perform this procedure, see Configure anti-virus settings (Windows SharePoint Services).