Managing service application associations

Web applications obtain access to the content through a tiered infrastructure. The tiers are depicted in the following diagram:

There can be multiple service application proxy groups. You can logically associate your web applications in these proxy groups. In this recipe, we will show how to modify the proxy group membership.

Getting ready

You must have Farm Administrator privileges to Central Administration.

Create an application proxy group as outlined in the preceding recipe. In our example, we have created a group called SAPGFinancial.

How to do it...

1. 1. Open Central Administration and click Application Management.

2. 2. The third section is Service Applications. Click the Configure service application associations option. You will see a screenshot similar to the following:

3. 3. Click on the SAPGFinancial group option. A pop up will appear that will enable you to choose the service applications you want to associate with this application proxy group.

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