Using the Best Practices Analyzer Tool

The Best Practices Analyzer tool is used to check for common problems and to determine if your WSS installation contains the best security practices. The tool is also used to help you
To use the tool, download it and install on your server. After ityour site
that contains the Best Practice Analyzer. By default this is C:\BPA.
Now follow these steps:
1. Type sharepointbpa.exe -cmd analyze -substitutions SERVER_NAME
CentralAdministrationServer and press Enter.
Replace CentralAdministrationServer with the name of your server. You need to keep
SERVER_NAME in capital letters.
2. After the Best Practice Analyzer tool has finished analyzing your site, open share-
pointbpa.report.htm in a web browser to view the results. This file will be located in
the same location as the installation. The default is C:\BPA.

You can download the tool at the following link: http://go.microsoft.com/
fwlink/?LinkID=83335&clcid=0x409.

Configuring Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) Sites

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Configuring Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) Sites

With the installation of your default WSS 3.0 site is complete, you are ready to start creating additional sites.
In the following sections, you will learn about these topics:
Upgrading from WSS 2.0 Careful planning and preparation is needed to successfully
upgrade a WSS 2.0 installation.
Create or extend web applications You must create applications before sites can be cre-
ated. You will learn how to create and extend Web applications.
Configure alternate access mapping This allows you to assign different URLs to the same
site.
Create zones for web applications A default zone is automatically created when you create
a web application. We will explain how to add additional zones.
Create quota templates With quota templates, you can control how large a site collection
can become. You will learn how to con
Create site collections We will show you how to create a site collection and assign the pri-
mary and secondary owners.
Enable access for end users After the creation of a site is completed, access will need to be
granted to your users.
Add site content After site collections are created, content can be added.