4. Central Administration Page Option
The Page option is used to modify your Central Administration home page. If you click this option, your Central Administration page will display as shown in Figure 7.
The Ribbon available on this page allows you to customize the page. As
you can see in the figure, the standard Ribbon that is displayed
includes the following activated options.
Edit Page
E-mail A Link Use this option to send an e-mail containing a link to this page.
Edit Mobile Page Use this option to configure which Web Parts are displayed and in what order.
Make Homepage (if it already is in Central Administration)
By selecting the Edit Page option, you can customize the Central
Administration home page. When the Central Administration home page is
in edit mode, you can modify the two Web Part zones located on the page
shown in Figure 8.
One Web Part zone, labeled Right, is on the far right side of the page,
and the second Web Part zone, called Left, is located on the bottom of
the page. This can be helpful if you want to add more Web Parts to the
home page for easier access and better management of your SharePoint
implementation.
Note:
By default, the Administrator
Tasks Web Part is not displayed on your SharePoint 2010 Central
Administration home page. However, if you want to simulate the
SharePoint Server 2007 environment, this Web Part is still available,
and you can add it to one of the Web Part zones on the Central
Administration home page by clicking Add A Web Part and selecting
Administrator Tasks from the list of available Web Parts.
Customizing your Central Administration home page
will help you manage your farm more efficiently, with all of the
critical information at your fingertips when you open Central
Administration. However, having a thorough understanding of how to
accomplish the various management tasks is what will ultimately keep
your SharePoint farm running effectively and efficiently.
