SharePoint 2010 Central Administration

SharePoint 2010 central admin site is very different from MOSS 2007. In the start, we get lost while searching for any setting. So to help you, I am listing out all the available options here, you can use ctrl+F to search for any setting ;-)

There are main 8 sections:

1. Application Management
   
2. System Settings
   
3. Monitoring
   
4. Backup and Restore
   
5. Security
   
6. Upgrade and Migration
   
7. General Application Settings
   
8. Configuration Wizards

Let’s look at each section.

Application Management

1. Web Applications
1. Manage web applications
   
2. Configure alternate access mappings
2. Site Collections
1. Create site collections
2. Delete a site collection
3. Confirm site use and deletion
4. Specify quota templates
5. Configure quotas and locks
6. Change site collection administrators
7. View all site collections
8. Configure self-service site creation
3. Service Applications
1. Manage service applications
2. Configure service application associations
3. Manage services on server
4. Databases
1. Manage content databases
2. Specify the default database server
3. Configure the data retrieval service

System Settings

1. Servers
1. Manage servers in this farm
2. Manage services on server
2. E-Mail and Text Messages (SMS)
1. Configure outgoing e-mail settings
2. Configure incoming e-mail settings
3. Configure mobile account
3. Farm Management
1. Configure alternate access mappings
2. Manage farm features
3. Manage farm solutions
4. Manage user solutions
5. Configure privacy options
6. Configure cross-firewall access zone

Monitoring

1. Health Analyzer
1. Review problems and solutions
2. Review rule definitions
2. Timer Jobs
1. Review job definitions
2. Check job status
3. Reporting
1. View administrative reports
2. Configure diagnostic logging
3. Review Information Management Policy Usage Reports
4. View health reports
5. Configure usage and health data collection
6. View Web Analytics reports

Backup and Restore

1. Farm Backup and Restore
1. Perform a backup
2. Restore from a backup
3. Configure backup settings
4. View backup and restore history
5. Check backup and restore job status
2. Granular Backup
1. Perform a site collection backup
2. Export a site or list
3. Recover data from an unattached content database
4. Check granular backup job status

Security

1. Users
1. Manage the farm administrators group
2. Approve or reject distribution groups
3. Specify web application user policy
2. General Security
1. Configure managed accounts
2. Configure service accounts
3. Configure password change settings
4. Specify authentication providers
5. Manage trust
6. Manage antivirus settings
7. Define blocked file types
8. Manage web part security
9. Configure self-service site creation
3. Information policy
1. Configure information rights management
2. Configure Information Management Policy

Upgrade and Migration

1. Upgrade and Patch Management
1. Convert farm license type
2. Enable Enterprise Features
3. Enable Features on Existing Sites
4. Check product and patch installation status
5. Review database status
6. Check upgrade status

General Application Settings

1. External Service Connections
1. Configure send to connections
2. Configure document conversions
2. InfoPath Forms Services
1. aManage form templates
2. Configure InfoPath Forms Services
3. Upload form template
4. Manage data connection files
5. Configure InfoPath Forms Services Web Service Proxy
3. Site Directory
1. Configure the Site Directory
2. Scan Site Directory Links
4. SharePoint Designer
1. Configure SharePoint Designer settings
5. Search
1. Farm Search Administration
2. Crawler Impact Rules
6. Reporting Services
1. Reporting Services Integration
2. Add a Report Server to the Integration
3. Set server defaults
7. Content Deployment
1. Configure content deployment paths and jobs
2. Configure content deployment
3. Check deployment of specific content

Configuration Wizards

1. Farm Configuration
1. Launch the Farm Configuration Wizard

Hope this will help you. Keep visiting for more updates…