Activating SharePoint

In order to get started with SharePoint, you are required to activate it. The activation consists of a two step wizard. In the first step you have to enter the site and administrator information. In the second step you are required to confirm that the summary of the data you entered is correct in order to fulfil the procedure.

How to activate SharePoint

Click Products in the top menu.

Select the domain through the radio buttons, in case you have more than one.

Click Start using SharePoint.

Enter the hostname for your SharePoint site collection, for example, portal. If you plan to use a secure protocol (https) your hostname must be unique.

Select whether you want to use a secure protocol (https) clicking the OFF button, so it turns to ON. The https, or hyper text transfer protocol secure, provides encrypted communication and secure identification of a network web server. In case you use the https protocol, your SharePoint will be stored in a secure area of our servers. Therefore the address to your SharePoint will include sharepointarea.com and not your domain name. The DNS record for SharePoint will then not be visible in the DNS administration screen.

Tip! If you have used a https protocol and want your SharePoint collection to show your domain name in the address bar, you can create a forwarding through the Forwarding screen.

Select the template you would like to apply in the corresponding drop-down list. Click on Preview to check how the template looks and to get additional information about the template. The preview will open in a new window.

Note! Once you have fulfilled the activation wizard, you are not allowed to change the template.

Select the language for your SharePoint in the corresponding drop-down list.

Note! Once you have fulfilled the activation wizard, you are not allowed to change the language.

Assign a quota of your storage place to SharePoint use. We recommend you to use 100 MB to begin with. The quota represent the space you are able to use to store sites, documents, etc. on your site collection.

Afterwards, you are able to edit the quota assigned through the Site collection screen.

Select the administrator from the corresponding drop-down list. The list will show all the registered users in myMamut. The first name, surname, e-mail/username and the display name will be automatically suggested once you select a user.

In case the administrator does not exist as a user in myMamut you need to create it first.

Create a password and re-enter it in the corresponding field. The password must be at least 6 characters, and must include at least one upper case letter, one lower case letter, and one numeric digit. This is the password that you will need to log into SharePoint.

Click Next.

In the last step of the wizard, check that all of the data entered is correct and click Finish in order to start the activation of the service.

If you need to edit the data you entered, click Previous.

The activation of your SharePoint account will now be initiated.

Tip! Once the activation is complete, you will receive a confirmation e-mail. You are able to check the status of your SharePoint service through the Contract information view.

Once you have received confirmation via e-mail that your service has been activated, you are able to refresh the status of your contract and access the administration menu by clicking the Activate icon; that is if you have not logged out of myMamut since you ran the activation wizard.