Administering SharePoint Farm Settings
Every SharePoint farm has a handful of settings that determine how the farm functions and interacts with the servers within it. These settings affect all servers in the farm and should consequently be understood well when administering a SharePoint environment.
Adjusting Server Component Assignments
Each server added to a SharePoint farm can assume one, some, or many designated roles for the farm. These roles determine whether the SharePoint server is dedicated to search functions, or whether it holds a copy of the configuration database, for example. To modify these settings, perform the following steps:
1. | Open SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration (Site Settings, SharePoint Portal Server Central ... |
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