Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Considerations for the Default Web Site in SharePoint Installations

When installing SharePoint, by default the installation will create a brand new website in IIS to host the SharePoint web site.  The new website will generally be created and hosted on port 80.

Unfortunately, the Default Web Site also is hosted on port 80!  Of course, this will cause a port conflict error.

Therefore, several things can happen on your server when you initially install SharePoint:

  • The Default Web Site will stop working
  • The SharePoint Web Site will stop working
  • The next time you reboot the server, the SharePoint Web Site will stop working.

So what should you do?  Well, if you are not currently using the Default Web Site for anything else, then it is recommended that you either delete the Default Web Site or change the port number for the Default Web Site to something other than port 80.

If you are using the Default Web Site to host some existing content and you need the Default Web Site to remain on port 80, then you should instead configure Host Headers on your Web Sites to prevent port conflict errors.

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