Set up Microsoft Office Live Small Business Web sites
Applies To: Windows SBS 2008
Note
Before you set up your Office Live Small Business Web sites, you must connect your server to the Internet and set up your Internet address. After you purchase and configure your Internet address, complete the Set up your Office Live Small Business Web sites task.
Note
You must be a network administrator to complete this procedure.
To set up your Office Live Small Business Web sites
Open the Windows SBS Console.
On the navigation bar, click Shared Folder and Web Sites, and then click Web Sites.
In Web Sites Tasks, click Set up your Microsoft Office Live Small Business Web sites. The Set up Office Live Small Business Web sites Wizard appears.
Follow the instructions in the wizard to do following:
Choose whether to create a new Office Live Small Business Account or to use an existing account.
Specify an Office Live Small Business account that you want to use or create.
Choose whether you want the server to redirect or Internet domain name to the Office Live Small Business Web site, or whether you want to redirect the Internet domain name yourself.
Enter the credentials for the Office Live Small Business account.
Depending on the choices that you make in Step 4 and on whether your server manages your Internet address, complete the steps listed in the option for your network configuration:
If your server manages your Internet address, and if you chose to automatically redirect the domain name to the Office Live Web sites, complete the following steps:
Sign up at the Office Live Web site to create a new Office Live Small Business account.
Type the Office Live Small Business account credentials in the wizard.
Update the status of your Office Live Small Business Web sites 24 to 48 hours after you complete this wizard. For step-by-step instructions for updating the Web site links on the server, see Update Office Live Small Business Web site links on the server.
If your server manages your Internet address, and you chose to manually redirect the domain name to the Office Live Web sites, complete the following steps:
Sign up at the Office Live Web site to create a new Office Live Small Business account.
Type the Office Live Small Business account credentials in the wizard.
Redirect your domain name to the business Web site that is hosted by Office Live Small Business. For step-by-step instructions, see Redirect my domain to my Office Live Small Business Web site.
Update the status of your Office Live Small Business Web sites 24 to 48 hours after you finish the Set Up Your Office Live Small Business Account Wizard. For step-by-step instructions, see Update Office Live Small Business Web site links on the server.
If you already have an Office Live Small Business account, complete the following steps:
- Type the Office Live Small Business account credentials in the wizard.
If your server does not manage your Internet address, and you want to redirect your domain name to the Office Live Small Business Web site, complete the following steps:
Sign up at the Office Live Web site to create a new Office Live Small Business account.
Type the Office Live Small Business account credentials in the wizard.
Redirect your domain name to the business Web site that is hosted by Office Live Small Business. For step-by-step instructions, see Redirect my domain to my Office Live Small Business Web site.
Update the status of your Office Live Small Business Web sites 24 to 48 hours after you finish the Set Up Your Office Live Small Business Account Wizard. For step-by-step instructions, see Update Office Live Small Business Web site links on the server.