Portal Server provides a management console, a browser interface, for performing administrative tasks required for managing the Portal Server. The tasks include:
Managing multiple portals and their operations
Setting up and managing containers and channels
Customizing the Desktop for end users
Enabling end users to personalize the Desktop
Managing multiple search servers
Tracking both end-user and system activities
End-user clicks on the standard Desktop
Configuration settings, statistics about channel actions, and statistics about Desktop requests and responses
Runtime information about the Portal Server and the Secure Remote Access server
For more information about the management console, see Chapter 5, Understanding the Management Console