ControlPoint 8.7 - for Office 365 User Guide

Manage ControlPoint

When the Manage tab is selected from in the left navigation frame you can access:

·tools for running and reporting on ControlPoint operations, and

·depending on your permissions, tools for Managing ControlPoint Configuration and Permissions.

Search

When Search is selected in the left navigation frame, you can easily locate site collections, sites, and subsites within your SharePoint Farm.  

You can access this menu directly or from any of the Search Hierarchy links within the SharePoint Hierarchy panel.  For more detail, see Searching for SharePoint Sites.

The ControlPoint Application Header

The bottom of the left navigation frame contains:

·The Available Farms drop-down that identifies the farm currently being managed and, in a multi-farm installation, lets you select a different farm to administer.

Note that only farms that share the same ControlPoint Service database will be available from the drop-down.

NOTE:  Initially, the list includes the names of all farms that have been configured to share the same ControlPoint Service database. However, after the first server interaction (for example, when a ControlPoint action or analysis is initiated), the list may be trimmed to display only farms that are currently active.

·Access to information About () the ControlPoint application, including version information

NOTE: Last Patch reflects the date of the last software update provided. Last Install reflects the last full build of that version released.

·A link to ControlPoint online Help ().

Farm Selection, Product Information, and Online Help

The bottom of the left navigation frame contains:

·The Available Farms drop-down that identifies the farm currently being managed and, in a multi-farm installation, lets you select a different farm to administer.

Note that only farms that share the same ControlPoint Service database will be available from the drop-down.

NOTE:  Initially, the list includes the names of all farms that have been configured to share the same ControlPoint Service database. However, after the first server interaction (for example, when a ControlPoint action or analysis is initiated), the list may be trimmed to display only farms that are currently active.

·Access to information About () the ControlPoint application, including version information

NOTE: Last Patch reflects the date of the last software update provided. Last Install reflects the last full build of that version released.

·A link to ControlPoint online Help ().