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An SAP portal installation, by default, selects a port for http and https access based on your system number. For example, if your system number is ##, then the default port for portal access would be

* 5##00 for http access
* 5##01 for https access ( aka SSL )

Many Project teams wish to shorten this long url (http://yourserver.yourdomain.com:5##00\irj\portal). Fortunately, there is an easy way to modify the portal http and https ports and keep it to 80 and 81 ( or anything you wish).

Follow the below given steps to achieve this.
1. Start the j2ee visual administrator tool
2. navigate to cluster -> dispatcher -> HTTP Provider
3. Choose Ports
4. Change the port number to 80 for http and 81 for https
5. Thats it - You’re done!!!!

One extra step that’s required if you’re also running IIS (for example, if you’re using an ITS to communicate with an older R3 system or running TREX), you need to make sure that your J2EE ports do not conflict with any of the IIS ports (including the default web server). The best way of doing that is to ensure that the IIS default web server is pointing at different ports AND is stopped.