Question : Setting and alias (redirect)

I have a sharepoint Intranet.  There is a top level site, with several team sites underneath it.  They are currently accessed like this:

http://server/site1/default.aspx
http://server/site2/default.aspx
http://server/site3/default.aspx    

and so on and so forth.

What we would like is for these sites to be accessed by just typing:

http://site1
http://site2
http://site3

and so on and so forth.


This is handled with IIS, correct??  If so, can some please tell me the proper procedure to achieve this??

Thanks.

Answer : Setting and alias (redirect)

Getting the names site1 site2 and site3 depend on DNS and have nothing to do with IIS.  Getting the request to the right site on the server once it gets tothe server is entirely IIS.

You could do the shell sites by configuring a new web site for each of the site* names onthe same IP address as the Sharepoint site and configure each with a Host Header for the name -> Site properties->Web Site tab->Advanced - edit the default entry to have the host header

Then go to the Home Directory tab and select the 'A redirection to a URL button and put in http://server/site*

When a user goes to HTTP://site1 theyhot the site1 site and get redirected to http://server/site1

The best method depends on a lot of different factors.  I'd suggest trying this way and see if it suits you.  If not we can discuss some of the other methods.  :-)

Dave Dietz