hi, i have a web application with site collection. the url of my web application is http://servername:portnumber now i want to change it to a much friendly name. i saw some article about Alternate Access Mappings. maybe i'm slow in getting it. but i want to ask what are the steps i have to take before i do the Alternate Access Mappings. do i have to create the friendly url before i add the internal url? and wath are the steps after add the internal urls? the steps i have done are: - go to operations - Alternate Access Mappings -add internal URLs -choose the web application - fill in the friendly url and select the zone

Hi, Please check my answer in this post http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/6a0a47ae-4781-4c42-956e-cafe61f1422b/Best Regards, Ammar MCT http://ahmed-ammar.blogspot.com Posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Hi, yes, this is your SharePoint Server IP addressBest Regards, Ammar MCT http://ahmed-ammar.blogspot.com Posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.