Time to complete: 3 minutes
Objective: In this step, you exclude the root directory from Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services managed paths.
Purpose: You must exclude the root directory from Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services managed paths if you have Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services installed.
Because Windows SharePoint Services is configured in the default Web site, it can interfere with Web services. By excluding the root directory from Windows SharePoint Services managed paths, you enable Web services to co-exist with Windows SharePoint Services.
Prerequisites
Note the following requirements before you begin this step:
Procedures
To exclude the root directory from Windows SharePoint Services managed paths
Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration.
Click the Application Management tab.
On the Application Management page, in the SharePoint Web Application Management section, click Define managed paths.
On the Define Managed Paths page, select the default Web site from the Web Application drop-down.
In the Included Paths section, select (root), and then click Delete selected paths.
Close the browser window.
What did I just do?
In this step, you excluded the root directory from Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services managed paths.
Next Steps
You run scripts to create virtual directories in Internet Information Services (IIS) and build the supplier Web service in Step 4: Set Up the Supplier Web Service.
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