Using Central Administration
You can use Central Administration to perform administration tasks for SharePoint Products and Technologies from a central location. Central Administration is divided into three main pages: Home, Operations, and Application Management.
What do you want to do?
Learn what's on the Home page
The Central Administration Home page is opened by clicking the Home tab. The Home page contains the following three Web parts:
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Administrator Tasks This section lists tasks that you should complete. Each task links to a page where you can read about and then perform the task.
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Farm Topology This section lists each server in the farm and the services running on each server. You can click a server to manage its services.
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Resources This section is a list of links similar to the Favorites menu in Windows Internet Explorer. When you add a new link, you can optionally add a description and notes.
Learn what's on the Operations page
The Operations page is opened by clicking the Operations tab. This page contains links to pages where you can perform administrative tasks. The following table describes the sections on the Operations page.
| Section | Description | Included links |
| Topology and Services | Contains links to pages where you can administer services, farm topology, and e-mail settings. |
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| Security Configuration | Contains links to pages where you can administer security settings, including antivirus and blocked file types for downloading and uploading. |
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| Logging and Reporting | Contains links to pages that help you understand the state of your servers. |
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| Upgrade and Migration | Contains links to pages where you can complete such tasks as upgrading sites and servers, enabling features, and migrating content. |
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| Global Configuration | Contains links to pages where you can administer settings that affect the farm globally, such as administering timer jobs, configuring alternative access mapping, and managing solutions. |
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| Backup and Restore | Contains links to pages where you can back up and restore both applications and data. |
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| Data Configuration | Contains links to pages where you can specify the default database server for SharePoint sites and configure the data retrieval service. |
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Learn what's on the Application Management page
The Application Management page contains links where you can create and administer Web Applications and Site Collections, and contains links to pages where you can configure related settings.
The following table describes the sections on the Application Management page.
| Section | Description | Included links |
| SharePoint Web Application Management | Contains links to pages where you can manage Web applications, configure e-mail settings at the Web application level, and manage content databases. |
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| SharePoint Site Management | Contains links to pages where you can manage site collections and site use. |
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| External Service Connections | Contains links to pages where you can administer connections to services that are external to Web applications, including document conversion services. |
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| Workflow Management | Contains links to pages where you can manage workflow settings. |
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| Office SharePoint Server Shared Services | Contains links to pages where you can manage shared services at the farm level. . |
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| Application Security | Contains links to pages where you can administer security at the Web application level. |
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| InfoPath Forms Services | Contains links to pages where you can manage forms and Forms Services settings. |
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