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SharePoint Quick Setup Guide

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.

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

Please Note: If you already have an INT 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.

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.intinc.com or intranet.intinc.com.

PLEASE NOTE: The “domain.com” 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).

9. Click Create Site to continue.

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 6 (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 6 above to one of the domains listed below:

• For SharePoint Services v3.0: SP3.intinc.net
  
• For SharePoint Services v2.0: SP.intinc.net

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.

Customize Your Site

1. To log into your new SharePoint site for the first time, open a new web browser window and type in the SharePoint URL you created in Step 6 on the previous page. You will then be asked to login. Use the username and password of the Site Owner you selected in Step 7 on the previous page.

Please Note: In order to access your site, you must first follow the instructions in Step 11 on the previous page. You will not be able to log into http://SP.intinc.net or http://SP3.intinc.net.

2. Upon login, you will see the Template Selection page. Pre-installed SharePoint templates are available to enable you to quickly customize your site to your specific needs. Select a template which most closely matches your site's intended use and then click OK.

Enable Users

Group of Users

1. Click on the Site Actions tab in the upper right corner of the page and click on Site Settings in the drop down window. You will now be able to setup groups of users for your site. You can:

• Add Site Visitors: Who are allowed by you to read content on your site.
• Add Site Members: Who will have the ability to contribute content to your site.
  
• Add Additional Site Owners: Who will have full control over the site.

When completed, click the OK button in the lower right to activate.

Individual Users

Although you have now completed the initial setup process, you can return to the Site Settings page at anytime to add additional users.

1. From any page you can click on the Site Actions button in the upper right corner. Then click on Site Settings in the drop down menu. Next, click on the People and Groups text link under the Users and Permissions column to access your SharePoint user management area.

2. Click on the New button in the upper left and Add Users in the drop down menu to add additional individual users to your SharePoint site.

3. You will then be prompted to enter the users' name or email address, assign the users' permission level and if you would like them to receive an email informing them of their ability to access your SharePoint site.

Please Note: When providing your user with their newly added login credentials, please provide them with the username and password you used when entering their contact information into your https://my.intinc.net a control panel. This information is NOT included in the welcome email they will receive.
Thank you for selecting INT as your hosted SharePoint provider of choice, and we look forward to providing you with superior hosted business services for years to come!

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