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SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook

By : JOHN CHAPMAN
Book Image

SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook

By: JOHN CHAPMAN

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Configuring anonymous access for web applications


Allowing anonymous access to SharePoint content is configured in two parts, at the web application level and at the content level. In this recipe, we will enable anonymous access to our SharePoint web application.

How to do it…

Follow these steps to configure anonymous access at the web application level:

  1. Navigate to Central Administration in your preferred web browser.

  2. Click on Manage web applications in the Application Management section as shown in the following screenshot:

  3. Select the web application that we are enabling anonymous access for.

  4. Click on Authentication Providers in the WEB APPLICATIONS tab on the ribbon as shown in the following screenshot:

  5. Click on the Default zone.

  6. Select Enable anonymous access as shown in the following screenshot:

  7. Click on Save.

How it works...

Authentication for SharePoint is handled at the web application level. A SharePoint web application represents a site in Internet Information Services (IIS). Authentication...