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Create an Alternate Access Mapping for your Default SSP Web Site

The SiteMinder Web Agent requires URLs with fully qualified domain names. Use the SharePoint Central Administration UI to specify a fully qualified domain name for the URL of your default SSP web site by creating an alternate access mapping.

To create an alternate access mapping of your default SSP web site

1. Click Start, Programs, Microsoft Office Server, SharePoint v3.0 Central Administration.

   The Central Administration screen appears.

2. Click the Operations tab.

   The Operations screen appears.

3. Click Alternate Access Mappings.

   The alternate access mappings screen appears.

4. Click the link for your default SSP web site.

   The Edit internal URLs screen appears.

5. Change the URL in the field to include a fully qualified domain name, and then click OK.

   The alternate access mappings screen appears. The URL of your default SSP web site appears in the list showing a fully qualified domain name.