Setting up a 2nd web application on another port

Question

I have a Web application on SharePoint 2010 setup on Port 80.

I would like to set up another Web Application for My Sites on Port 81. I have followed all of the steps to do this and can successfully access a users My Site

Is there any way to remove :81 from the URL that is created. I know this would not appear if I created it on the original web application on port 80 but I need to create MySites in a separate web application as per Microsoft best recommendation.

So my questions are:

• Can I create a second web app on port 80 and how would I configure this? e.g. host header
• Is it OK to do this or does the 2nd web app need to be on a different port?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

If you have the proper DNS then its really easy.

Couple of options:

Host headers:

You can specify a host header when creating the web application which allows for multiple listeners on port 80

http://onlinecoder.blogspot.com/2012/10/setup-multiple-sharepoint-web.html

http://wwolfe.blogspot.com/2009/04/multiple-web-applications-on-port-80.html

VIA ForeFront UAG

deploy SharePoint web applications via Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) in a topology in which the server running SharePoint Products and Technologies publishes multiple web applications on a single port.

Publishing multiple SharePoint applications on a single port

You dont need to create the web application on 2nd port. If you have host header you will be fine.