How to: Access Windows SharePoint Services Site Administration

When you install and configure SharePoint Products and Technologies, you automatically provision a default Web site. This top-level Web site is where you control all the options and features of SharePoint Products and Technologies sites. Not only can administrators of a top-level Web site control site access and group membership, they can also perform actions such as enabling or disabling Web document discussions or alerts, viewing usage and quota data, and changing anonymous access settings. The group membership and permissions required for administrative control will vary depending on the version of SharePoint Products and Technologies that you use with Visual Studio Team System Team Foundation Server.

Required Permissions

To perform these procedures, you must satisfy at least one of the following conditions:

• You must be a member of the Windows SharePoint Services Site Administrators group on the server that hosts Windows SharePoint Services 2.0.

• You must be a member of both the Site Collection Administrators and Farm Administrators groups on the server that hosts Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

• You must be a member of the Administrators group on the server.

For more information about permissions, see Team Foundation Server Permissions.

To access site administration for Windows SharePoint Services

1. Open Internet Explorer.

2. In the Address bar, type the name of the server that hosts SharePoint Products and Technologies to locate the top-level Windows SharePoint Services site.

   To view the name of the server that hosts SharePoint Products and Technologies: 

   1. Open Visual Studio.

   2. In Team Explorer, right-click the Documents node, and then click Properties.

To add a user or group to the Farm Administrators group and the Site Collection Administrators group in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

1. On the server that hosts Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration.

2. In Central Administration, click Operations.

3. In Operations, under Security Configuration, click Update farm administrator's group.

4. In People and Groups: Farm Administrators, click New, and then click Add Users.

5. In Add Users, type the account name for the user or group to whom you want to grant farm administrator permissions. In Give Permission, make sure that the Farm Administrators check box is selected, and then click OK.

6. In People and Groups: Farm Administrators, in Site Actions, click Site Settings.

7. In Site Settings, in Users and Permissions, click Site collection administrators.

8. In Site Collection Administrators, type the account name for the user or group to whom you want to grant administrator permissions for the site collection, and then click OK.

To add a member to the SharePoint administrators group in Windows SharePoint Services 2.0

1. On the server that hosts Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.

2. In Central Administration, click Set SharePoint Administration Group.

3. In Set SharePoint Administration Group, type the account name of the group.

   Note

   You can add only one domain group or user to the SharePoint Administration group. You cannot add a local group. However, members of the Local Administrators group on the server can also perform administration tasks for Windows SharePoint Services 2.0.

4. Click OK.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Create, Edit, and Delete Windows SharePoint Services Sites

Concepts

Understanding SharePoint Products and Technologies

Connecting to a Server That Is Running SharePoint Products and Technologies

Windows SharePoint Services Roles