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Implementing Microsoft SharePoint 2019

By : Lewin Wanzer, Angel Wood
Book Image

Implementing Microsoft SharePoint 2019

By: Lewin Wanzer, Angel Wood

Overview of this book

Microsoft’s latest addition to their product range, SharePoint Server 2019, is a new enterprise content management platform that brings on-premise collaboration features to life. It can be used as an isolated platform or in a hybrid connected configuration providing management and connectivity to Office 365. You can use the SharePoint framework to host sites, information, data, and applications in a robust CMS that centralizes collaborative content for enterprises. SharePoint 2019 enables new integrations and features that will allow you to work seamlessly with new and old Office products such as Microsoft Power Apps and other Microsoft Office applications. Implementing Microsoft SharePoint 2019 will help you understand the challenges, planning, migration steps, installation concepts, and configuration involved in providing this platform for your enterprise. The book will also show you what the platform brings to the table from an on-premise server perspective. If you’re new to SharePoint 2019, you’ll also be guided through how to get servers up and running so that you and your user community can become productive with this powerful new platform. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed in Microsoft SharePoint 2019 and have the knowledge you need to apply your skills in the real world.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Authentication

Authentication is used in SharePoint 2019 to validate a user for the purpose of using SharePoint sites, lists, libraries, and documents within the farm. SharePoint then authorizes use after verifying the user has rights to a particular site within the farm. You will see this process when you use Fiddler to troubleshoot issues from a desktop where a user is signing in. You will notice a 401 error right from the start, before the user actually enters their username and password. This is to make sure the authorization has completed. It does this by authenticating to a security source first before access to the site can be given.

The default authentication for SharePoint is Windows authentication. Microsoft has always made Active Directory available for use as an authentication method for user accounts since SharePoint 2007, along with other methods we will talk about in this section. Active Directory is well-known as an authentication provider and used solely in some...