2.7. Creating Self-Hosted Sites All of the tasks in the preceding sections also apply to sites you create on your own server. The major differences between hosted and self-hosted sites are that: -
You usually access self-hosted sites over an intranet rather than the Internet, so those sites are automatically trusted, and you have fewer client security issues to worry about. -
Since self-hosted sites are usually part of your network, you can quickly grant all network users access to the site (see the section "Adding Members Quickly" later in this chapter). -
You must install and maintain SharePoint yourself, which requires more knowledge about tools like IIS, SQL, and Windows security than you need when using hosted sites. -
You have direct access to the server, so you have both more control and more responsibility (for backups , etc.) than in a hosted environment. The rest of this chapter explores installing SharePoint and creating SharePoint sites on your own server. If you've already decided to stick with a hosted site, you can skip ahead to the section "Allowing Anonymous Access," because the next sections don't really apply to you. |