How to change mapping to FQDN in Sharepoint

 

FQDN = Fully Qualified Domain Name

When you install Sharepoint Services (WSS) 3.0 or Sharpoint Portal Server (MOSS) 2007, by default, the website would have address like http://[servername], even if your fqdn is servername.microsoft.com. So what happens is, it's possible not being able to access the Sharepoint Site from the Intranet when you type http://[ServerName].microsoft.com because the site is not mapped to FQDN.

It took me while to find out how to change this but here it is.

• Go to Central Administration of your Sharepoint site on the server (NOT FROM REMOTE Machine), e.g http://localhost:1234 (whatever is the port for your Central Administration website). If you don't know what it is, look under IIS. Remember, you have to be an Admin to be able to do this.
• Click on the "Operations" tab from top left corner.
• Select "Alternate access mappings" under "Global Configuration" block.
• Select your website (usually http://servername) in the Internal URL from the list.
• Now simple change your value for URL protocol, host and port Textbox (now it should be http://servername.microsoft.com and click Ok. That's it! You may have to restart the IIS.