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Managing Anonymous Access Settings

Managing Anonymous Access Settings

You can allow or deny anonymous users access to your portal site.

To enable anonymous access, you must first enable anonymous access from Internet Information Services (IIS). You can enable this access for the portal site directly, or create a virtual server and enable anonymous access for the virtual server. If you enable anonymous access for the portal site directly, you lose the ability to authenticate users, so it is recommended that you enable anonymous access through a virtual server.

After enabling anonymous access in IIS, you can then allow or deny anonymous access by using the Change Anonymous Access Settings page.

To create and extend a virtual server, you must be a member of the local administrators group. To enable anonymous access or manage anonymous access settings, you must be an Administrator on the portal site, or a member of the local administrators group.

Enable Anonymous Access for a Virtual Server

It is recommended that you enable anonymous access to the portal through a virtual server. After creating a portal site:

Create a virtual server

  1. On the taskbar, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
  2. In Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, click the node for the computer containing the portal site, and then click Web Sites.
  3. On the Action menu, point to New, and then click Web Site.
  4. On the Web Site Creation Wizard, click Next.
  5. On the Web Site Description page, type a description for the virtual server, and then click Next.
  6. On the IP Address and Port Settings page, type a TCP port such as 8080, and then click Next.
  7. On the Web Site Home Directory page, click Browse.
  8. On the Browse For Folder page, browse to the folder where you want to create the virtual server, and then click Make New Folder to type the name of the virtual server. Then click OK to return to the wizard.
  9. Click Next until you see the final page of the wizard, and then click Finish.

Extend the virtual server

  1. On the navigation bar of the portal site, click Site Settings.
  2. On the Site Settings page, in the General Settings section, click Go to SharePoint Portal Server central administration.
  3. On the SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration page, in the Portal Site and Virtual Server Configuration section, click Extend an existing virtual server from the Virtual Server List page.
  4. On the Virtual Server List page, click the virtual server that you created in the previous procedure.
  5. On the Extend Virtual Server page, in the Provisioning Options section, click Extend and map to another virtual server .
  6. On the Extend and Map to Another Virtual Server page, in the Application Pool section, click Use an existing application pool.
  7. Click OK.

Enable anonymous access for the virtual server

  1. On the taskbar, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
  2. In Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, click the node for the computer containing the portal site, click the node for Web Sites, and then click the virtual server.
  3. On the Action menu, click Properties.
  4. Click the Directory Security tab.
  5. In the Authentication and access control section, click Edit.
  6. On the Authentication Methods page, select Enable anonymous access, and then click OK.
  7. Click OK.

After you finish these steps, you can manage anonymous access from the Site Settings page. Users can access the portal anonymously by typing http://portal:port number. To access the portal while using normal authentication, users can still access the portal by typing http://portal.

Enable Anonymous Access Without Using a Virtual Server

You can also enable anonymous access without using a virtual server. However, if you do this you lose the ability to authenticate users, so it is not recommended.

Enable anonymous access without using a virtual server

  1. On the taskbar, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
  2. In Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, click the node for the computer containing the portal site, click the node for Web Sites, and then click Default Web Site.
  3. On the Action menu, click Properties.
  4. Click the Directory Security tab.
  5. In the Authentication and access control section, click Edit.
  6. On the Authentication Methods page, select Enable anonymous access, and then click OK.
  7. Click OK.

Manage anonymous access settings

  1. On the Site Settings page, in the General Settings section, click Manage security and additional settings.
  2. On the Manage Security and Additional Settings page, in the Users and Permissions section, click Change anonymous access settings.
  3. On the Change Anonymous Access Settings page, do one of the following:
  4. Click OK.
  5. Do the following on each front-end Web server that is using network load balancing:
    1. On the taskbar, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
    2. Type iisreset and then press ENTER.
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