This is an update to our previous post (Enable Host Headers On An SSL/HTTPS Site).  Which used the following command to enable host headers on SSL sites: cscript.exe adsutil.vbs set /w3svc/<site identifier>/SecureBindings ":443:<host header>" I ran into some issues with using SecureBindings with the Sharepoint Central Administration sites so I thought I would post some [...]

Extended web applications are not listed in the web application list and cannot be deleted using the Delete Web Application link in Central Administration. Use the following steps to delete extended web applications: Start Central Administration Go to Application Management Click Remove SharePoint from IIS Web Site to get a page with a form similar [...]

Well, I’ve been trying to setup the External Collaboration Toolkit.  All of the instructions tell how to do it as a standalone SharePoint install, but I am trying to get it setup in a SharePoint farm.  One of the steps in the instructions is to setup ADAM to act as the authentication for external users.  [...]

The other day we came across an issue where a user inadvertently inserted a “https” in the URL of a SharePoint site.  The resulting page that was displayed was the Central Administration site. The only site that is secured with SSL on our SharePoint servers is the Central Admin site.  The Central Admin site also [...]

If you have trouble downloading Office 2007 documents from IIS you may have to add their MimeTypes to the site. You could do it for the individual extensions by following the steps below: Select [HTTP Headers] tab from the website properties Select [Mime Types] Enter the new extension and the appropriate mime type To apply [...]

Did you know that there is a script that was shipped with Windows 2003 SP2 that allows you to recycle your IIS Application Pools. Below is the command that you use from the command line: Description: list IIS application pools and associated worker process Recycle application pools. Syntax: IIsApp.vbs [{ /a | /p } [/r] [...]

I have been wanting to setup a non-www host header for our external websites and found that there are 2 steps to get this working: Setup an Alternate Access Mapping in the default zone that specifies the domain without the “www”. Manually add the host header to the IIS properties of the website.

!!!*** NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER EVER STOP WINDOWS SHAREPOINT SERVICES WEB APPLICATION ***!!! The Windows SharePoint Services Web Application is what identifies your server as a SharePoint Web Front-End.  If you stop this “service” it will remove all SharePoint websites and the directories from which they are served.  So, unless you know exactly what you [...]