SharePoint 2010 :How to create a new Web Application

This series is mainly targeted for developers.
I use a virtual machine installed with following software (in the same order) for this series:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate
• Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus (and Power Pivot for Excel)

The beginning – How to create a new Web Application using SharePoint 2010

• Open Start menu and select “SharePoint 2010 Central Administration” and provide necessary credentials to log-in
• Under “Application Management” section, click on “Manage Web Applications”

• click “New” on the ribbon.

• Provide authentication mode, name, port number and physical web path

• customize if necessary.

• For now, I selected “Network Service” to be the security for the new application pool.  I wanted to have my SharePoint web application to sit in its own Application Pool.

• Customize if necessary.

• Customize if necessary and finally click on “Ok”.

• Your web application should be created momentarily.  You can start creating SharePoint Site Collections once the web application is created.

• Once the web application is created, it should reflect in IIS as shown below:

• You should also be able to see a new database created for the above web application as shown below: