The custom configuration manager provides a high-level analysis of the configuration state of the features you have installed on the local computer. The tool allows you to configure and unconfigure features, configure security settings, and import and export configurations from other computers.

Use the Windows SharePoint Services page to configure the Windows SharePoint Services adapter on this computer. The following table lists the configuration options.

When you configure the Windows SharePoint Services adapter using custom configuration, the following happens:

• The SharePoint Enabled Hosts Windows group is created by default unless you specify another Windows group
  
  
• The Default Web Site is used to host the Windows SharePoint Services adapter unless you specify another Web site
  
  
• The BTSSharePointAdapterWSAppPool application pool is created and configured to run under the account that is also used to run the Windows SharePoint Services application pool
  
  
• The BTSharePointAdapterWS virtual application is created and configured to run in the BTSSharePointAdapterWSAppPool application pool
  
  

Note
If this virtual directory already exists, configuration will not update the properties in the metabase. You must delete the virtual directory and run configuration again.

• The BTSharePointAdapterWS virtual application contains the Web service
  
  

For more information about the custom configuration manager, see Working with the Custom Configuration Manager.

1. In the custom configuration manager, select the SharePoint adapter node.

2. Select Enable Windows SharePoint Services Adapter on this computer.

3. Under Windows Group, select the Windows group you will be using for the Windows SharePoint Services adapter. By default, this is SharePoint Enabled Hosts.

4. In the Windows SharePoint Services Adapter Web Site drop-down box, select the Web site where the adapter components will be installed. By default, this is the Default Web Site.

   Note
   The installation of the Windows SharePoint Services Adapter Web site on a remote SharePoint Server computer that does not have any other BizTalk Server components installed is a fully supported configuration.

5. Click Apply Configuration.

When you set up and deploy the Windows SharePoint Services adapter in a multiserver environment, consider the following:

• Add the BizTalk Service account to the SharePoint Enabled Hosts Windows group on each server.
  
  
• Add the SharePoint Enabled Hosts group to the SharePoint Contributors role using the SharePoint Central Administration tool.
  
  
• On Windows Server 2008, the identity under which the SharePoint Adapter Web Service runs needs the following permissions:
  
  Read permissions on the Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009\Business Activity Services\BTSharePointV3AdapterWS folder. If using a 64-bit version of Windows and BizTalk Server 2009, permissions need to be set on the Program Files (x86)\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009\Business Activity Services\BTSharePointV3AdapterWS
  
  Read permission on the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server\Extensions\12.0\Secure\ConfigDB.
  
  Logon permissions on the SQL Server that contains the Sharepoint databases.
  
  A member of the Public and WSS_Content_Application_Pools roles within the SharePoint configuration database.
  
  A member of the Public and db owner roles within the SharePoint content database.
  
  
• The Web site that you install the Web service on must be extended as a SharePoint Services Web site.
  
  
• You can install and configure the Windows SharePoint Services adapter using a silent installation. For more information, see "Installing a Silent Installation of BizTalk Server" in the BizTalk Server 2009 Installation Guides at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=128383.
  
  

The BizTalk Server adapter for Windows SharePoint Services supports NLB clustering of the Windows SharePoint Services servers along with multiple BizTalk servers that are configured in the same group. For this, Windows SharePoint Services must be installed on the NLB cluster as recommended by SharePoint documentation.

When you set up and deploy the Windows SharePoint Services adapter in a multiserver environment with NLB, consider the following:

• Configure Windows SharePoint Services by selecting the option to point to an existing BizTalk Management database. Point to the BizTalk Management database created on the first computer. This indicates to Windows SharePoint Services that you intend to have a Web server environment. Extend the Web site by pointing to the existing content database.
  
  
• You must extend the same Web site (for example, the default Web site on port 80) on each Windows SharePoint Services computer in the Web server environment. For more information about Windows SharePoint Services Web server environments, see Windows SharePoint Services Help at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=116908.
  
  
• The BTSharePointAdapterWS must be installed and configured the same way on each of the NLB hosts. You must configure the following NLB settings:
  
  
  • Protocol: TCP
    
    
  • Ports: 80 (The HTTP Port of the IIS Web site where the Windows SharePoint Services adapter Web service has been installed and configured)
    
    
  • Filtering mode: Multiple host
    
    
  • Affinity: None
    
    

Note
This setting can be used only if the site is not configured for HTTPS. If the BTSharePointAdapterWS Web service is installed on a site with HTTPS, then you must use Single-client affinity.