You can create server name mappings to override how Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 displays search results or how users access content after you create a content index.

You can use a server mapping to circumvent problems caused by referring to a local drive. For example, if you use a local address such as file://C:/Documents in the portal site to direct users to a document, access problems may occur. However, if you create a server name mapping to map the local address to an http:// protocol or to any other protocol, no access problems occur. A server name mapping matches all URLs that conform to a general expression (such as file://) and replaces the matched expression with another expression (such as http://).

Note  Changes to the mappings on the Map Server Names page can conflict with mappings on the Configure Alternate Portal Access Settings page. Specify alternate portal access settings when a different server name or port is used for accessing the entire portal site. Use server name mappings to specify a protocol or server for an address that appears in search results that is different from the address from which that content was crawled.

Related Topics

Adding a Server Name Mapping

Editing a Server Name Mapping

Deleting a Server Name Mapping