Verify SharePoint Products for Team Foundation Server

If you choose to use an installation of SharePoint Products other than the one that was installed during Team Foundation Server installation, you should verify that your installation of SharePoint Products meets the following guidelines:

• The administration site and default website are running, and other computers on the network can access them.

• SharePoint Products uses NTLM, the recommended authentication. (Basic authentication is not supported by Team Foundation Server extensions for SharePoint Products.)

• If you are using the enterprise edition of Office SharePoint Server 2007 or SharePoint Server 2010, you must configure settings for dashboard compatibility.

Required Permissions

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators security group on the server that is running SharePoint Products.

To verify that the administration site and default website are running and that other computers on the network can access them

1. On the server that is running SharePoint Products, choose Start, Run, enter inetmgr, and then choose OK.

   Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager appears.

2. In Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, open ServerName (local computer).

   ServerName is the name of the web server.

3. Perform the appropriate steps for your operating system:

   For Windows Server 2008:

   1. Choose Sites, and then choose the default website.

   2. On the Actions pane, choose Browse :80 (http).

      The default website appears in the default browser.

   3. Choose the SharePoint Central Administration site.

      On the Actions pane, choose **Browse :**Port (http).

      Port is the number of the port that is bound to the SharePoint Central Administration site.

      The SharePoint Central Administration site appears in the default browser.

   For Windows Server 2003:

   1. On the shortcut menu for the default website, choose Browse.

      The default website appears in Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

   2. On the shortcut menu for the SharePoint Central Administration site, choose Browse.

      The SharePoint Central Administration site appears in Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

To verify that the default website uses recommended authentication

1. In a web browser, open the SharePoint Central Administration site, and choose the Application Management tab.

2. Under Application Security, choose Authentication Providers.

3. In the Zone column, choose Default.

4. In IIS Authentication Settings, make sure that the Integrated Windows authentication check box and the NTLM option are selected.

   Note

   You should check that the authentication setting that appears in the SharePoint Central Administration site matches the authentication setting that appears in IIS.

To verify that Office SharePoint Server 2007 or SharePoint Server 2010 is configured for dashboard compatibility

• If you are using the Enterprise edition of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or SharePoint Server 2010, perform the required configurations for dashboard compatibility. If you are using any other version of SharePoint Products, you can disregard this procedure. For more information, see Configure the Enterprise Editions of SharePoint Server 2010 or Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Dashboard Compatibility.

See Also

Concepts

How to: Install Team Foundation Server Using the Standard Configuration

How to: Upgrade Team Foundation Server

How to: Install Remote SharePoint Products for Team Foundation Server