Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Administrator's Companion

Chapter 18. Administrating Shared Services Providers

Introduction to the Shared Services Provider

Configuring an SSP

Managing Shared Services Providers

Managing SSPs at the Farm Level

Restoring an SSP

Summary

This chapter covers the configuration and management of the Shared Services Provider (SSP). First, you’ll learn about management of a single SSP, and then you’ll learn about creating additional SSPs and consider the reasons for using additional SSPs and implementations in your enterprise.

Introduction to the Shared Services Provider

An SSP is designed to provide a group of services that can be consumed or used by the associated Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 sites created in the same farm. These services are centrally managed and highly ...