Tuesday, August 25, 2009

How to configure Alternate Access Mapping to your site.

Hi,

Whenever user working with MOSS or WSS on extranet or internet* environment. User always need to set the URL according to company's standard by not showing IP or server name in URL of you site. As by default MOSS/ WSS site showing on user's server name in URL.
So by setting the Alternate Access Mapping of with your live IP you can easily achieve your goal.
Here are the easy steps to do this:-

1. On the top navigation bar, click Operations.
2. On the Operations page, in the Global Configuration section, click Alternate access mappings.
3. On the Alternate Access Mappings page, click Add Internal URLs.
4. If the mapping collection that you want to modify is not specified, then choose one. In the Alternate Access Mapping Collection section, click Change alternate access mapping collection on the Alternate Access Mapping Collection menu.
5. On the Select an Alternate Access Mapping Collection page, click a mapping collection.
6. In the Add internal URL section, in the URL protocol, host and port box, type the new internal URL (for example, https://www.microsoft.com/) .
7. In the Zone list, click the zone for the internal URL.
8. Click Save.

For more information please refer :- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263208.aspx

*For MOSS internet facing sites you need to perchase different licence from Microsoft.

Kuldee Kadyan