Sharepoint Quick Setup Guide



This hosted SharePoint setup guide provides you with easy to follow instructions on how to create, customize and add users to your new SharePoint site.  You can quickly and easily compare notes, share schedules, and work with colleagues on virtually any type of file.  You can also launch and maintain intranets, Web sites, bulletin boards, and picture libraries and improve project management with shared calendars and issue tracking.

 

 

1. Create A SharePoint Site
  1. At this time you should be logged into your control panel.  You can use your control panel to create, customize and add users to your new SharePoint site.

  2. Click on the SharePoint Sites button in the left hand navigation bar.



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  3. Then click on the Users button in the left hand navigation bar.

    4. Please Note:  If you already have a xperteks.net hosted Exchange email account and previously added Exchange users, those users will also appear on this page as contacts for whom you may wish to provide SharePoint site access.  You can add as many additional SharePoint contacts as you wish by clicking on the Add SharePoint Users text link at the bottom of the page.



    Please Note:  In order to provide SharePoint site access to a contact, you MUST first add them to this list.  If, at a later date, you wish to provide SharePoint access to additional contacts, you will first need to login to this control panel and add additional contacts here.

  4. Once you have finished adding users, please click on the SharePoint Sites button in the left hand navigation bar and then click on the Add SharePoint Site text link.



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  5. Now that you have arrived at the Add SharePoint Site page, you must first select the SharePoint plan that is best for you based on your number of users and storage needs.

  6. Enter your new SharePoint Site (URL): This new name which you create will be seen by all users of your SharePoint site.  For example: sharepoint.greatnotionsny.netDEL633851748536348477 or intranet.greatnotionsny.netDEL633851748536348477.

    PLEASE NOTE:  The “greatnotionsny.netDEL633851748536348477” portion of your new SharePoint site's URL is your company's domain name and must be owned by you in order to set up your account.  If you do not own your own domain name, you will first need to purchase one from a domain registrar or web hosting company (for example: godaddy.com).

  7. Select a Site Owner:  By clicking on the down arrow, you will be able to view all of the contacts or “users” you have previously created.  From this list, please select the user who you wish to be your site administrator.

  8. Select SharePoint Version:  Select the version of SharePoint you wish to activate (version 3.0 or version 2.0).  Unsure which version is right for your needs?  Please refer to our “SharePoint Version Comparison” document which can be found in Section C, Document Number 6 of our Custom Support Center.  This answer center can be easily accessed from within your control panel. Click on the Help button in the left hand navigation and then the Custom Support Center button.

  9. Click Create Site to continue.



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  10. Once submitted, you will see an overview of your new SharePoint account including your new site URL, SharePoint version number, the site owner or administrator, and the plan you selected.



  11. To enable your new hosted SharePoint site, you will now need to contact the web hosting company or domain registrar from which you purchased your domain name.  You must register the new SharePoint “subdomain” you created above in Step F (SharePoint Site URL), creating a special DNS record, called a CNAME record, and pointing to our server.

    A CNAME is a nickname pointing to your new SharePoint subdomain from within the control panel created for you by your domain registrar or web hosting company.  If you are unable to make the change yourself in your DNS control panel, please contact the company from whom you purchased your domain and ask them to create a CNAME which points the new SharePoint subdomain you created in Step F above to one of the domains listed below:

    1. For SharePoint Services v3.0:      SP3.MyOutlookOnline.com
    2. For SharePoint Services v2.0:      SP.MyOutlookOnline.com

    Please Note:  Depending on your DNS hosting provider, activation can take up to 8 hours after you have made the change to your DNS record.