2.3. Central Administration Configuration

The SharePoint installation creates a central administration console that opens when you complete the installation. Central administration is located on the first SharePoint server that you install in your farm and can be accessed by using a Web browser by http://<servername>:port, where <servername> is the physical server name of your first server and port is the port number that was either randomly generated during installation or that you specified. A program entry is added to your Start Menu under the SharePoint 2010 Products heading so you don't need to memorize the URL or port number.

After a successful installation, there are several things to configure at the central administration level for both SPS and SharePoint Foundation installations.