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SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook

By : JOHN CHAPMAN
Book Image

SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook

By: JOHN CHAPMAN

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Creating a new managed metadata service application


The managed metadata service application provides the core backend functionality for the managed metadata features in SharePoint. A SharePoint farm may contain one or more managed metadata service applications. Using multiple service applications provides the ability to isolate metadata content between web applications and also provides differing permissions.

In addition to the methods outlined in this recipe, the managed metadata service application can also be provisioned with the Farm Configuration Wizard in Central Administration when configuring the SharePoint farm for the first time.

How to do it...

Follow these steps to create a new managed metadata service application:

  1. Navigate to Central Administration in your preferred web browser.

    Note

    If you are accessing Central Administration on the SharePoint server, you will need to run SharePoint 2013 Central Administration from the Start menu as an administrator.

  2. In the Application Management...