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mitigation technique of using a read-only database to avoid an outage while rolling in
updates.
SharePoint Central Administration Web Site
The Central Administration Web site has been redesigned in Microsoft® SharePoint®
Server 2010 to provide a more familiar experience and make it easier for users to find
what they are looking for. The home page for Central Administration groups major
functional areas together and lists many of the most common tasks. Each of the major
areas (Application Management, Monitoring, and so on) is represented on the Home
page and can be accessed by clicking its name or by clicking the corresponding link
from the navigation at the left side of the page.
Figure 2: Central Administration
Although the user interface has changed slightly, users will find many of the menus to
be familiar, with some new available options and functionality. One of the places where
this is more obvious has to do with how Web applications are managed. Web
applications are still created by following the same process, but the process is now
managed through a ribbon interface on the Manage Web Applications page. The ribbon
makes it easier for users to view or change details about a Web application by supplying
all the options so they are one click away. In Office SharePoint Server 2007, many of
these tasks required the user to click a different menu and reselect the Web application