This hosted SharePoint Foundation 2010 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.
How to create a new SharePoint 2010 Site
- 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. Click on the SharePoint Sites button in the left hand navigation bar.
- Then click add a new site
- 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.
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 owner administrator.
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.yourdomain.com or sp2010.yourdomain.com.
Select SharePoint Version: Select the version of SharePoint you wish to activate (version 3.0 or version 2010).
Note: Sharepoint 2010 is only available for our Exchange 2010 clients
Click Create Site to continue.
- To go live with 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 3 (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 3 above to one of the domains listed below:
For SharePoint 2010 point your CNAME to:
Note: If your company signed up for Exchange 2010 after 3/29/2012 then you have the Enterprise version of Exchange 2010.
If hosted on SH11 (2010 Enterprise): s11spf01.instantsharepoint.com
If hosted on SH10 (2010 Hosted): spf01wa001.instantsharepoint.com
Adding SharePoint users
To add additional SharePoint users, go back to the user list and scroll down to add other users >
Note: If a user already has a hosted Exchange mailbox, you can click the drop down next to general settings and click Enable SharePoint. If you don't see the Enable SharePoint option then SharePoint is already included in your Exchange mailbox package.
Please Note: Depending on your DNS hosting provider, activation may take up to 8 hours after you have made the change to your DNS record.
