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load balancer....<br />
would this be built-into the sharepoint server... or is this controlled by networking?<br />
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so you are thinking that since I have two, that they both have an environment that should support the full sharepoint experience?
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load balancer....
would this be built-into the sharepoint server... or is this controlled by networking?

so you are thinking that since I have two, that they both have an environment that should support the full sharepoint experience?

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I know for a fact that one is not being relied on at the time for redundancy because all of sharepoint goes down when number 1 server is rebooted. &nbsp;This could be the network setup I assume.<br />
is there away in the interfaces of number 1 and 2 sp servers to see if sharepoint was configured for failover?
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I know for a fact that one is not being relied on at the time for redundancy because all of sharepoint goes down when number 1 server is rebooted.  This could be the network setup I assume.
is there away in the interfaces of number 1 and 2 sp servers to see if sharepoint was configured for failover?

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I have a sharepoint environment where there are two sharepoint front end servers.<br />
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number 1 seems to be the more important one. &nbsp;when I reboot that one, sharepoint goes down.<br />
number 2 is another front end.<br />
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I am taking over an environment from a guy who is gone.<br />
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is there an easy way to figure out which front end server is handling what?<br />
its 2013.
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I have a sharepoint environment where there are two sharepoint front end servers.

number 1 seems to be the more important one.  when I reboot that one, sharepoint goes down.
number 2 is another front end.

I am taking over an environment from a guy who is gone.

is there an easy way to figure out which front end server is handling what?
its 2013.

What is sharepoint server doing

Microsoft Sharepoint is a software platform and family of software products used for collaboration and web publishing combined. These capabilities include developing web sites, portals, intranets, content management systems, search engines, wikis, blogs, and other tools for business intelligence and collaboration. SharePoint has a Microsoft Office-like interface, and it is closely integrated with the Office suite.