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SharePoint 2010 anonymous access

gunbunnysouljagunbunnysoulja Member Posts: 353
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Hello,

I'm a SharePoint noob and have just been playing around to better learn it on my own. I have a site setup off SharePoint 2010 that I'm hosting off my home server (2008 with SQL 2008 ) and is accessible via my registered domain name however I can't seem to access it via anonymous like you would a website. I have anonymous policy enabled in IIS7 and SP. If I uncheck Windows Authentication while anonymous is left enabled as well, it results in Error 401.

I'll likely be using Windows Authentication and just add users to AD, but I'm just curious why anonymous access doesn't work.

Thanks!
WGU BSITStart Date: July 1, 2013
In Progress: CJV1 (4 CU)
Transfered: WFV1, TJP1, CLC1, INC1, INT1, EUP1, EUC1, BVC1, GAC1, DHV1, DIV1, CWV1, CRV1, DEV1, CTV1, DJV1, IWC1, IWT1, CVV1, RIT1, CIC1, CJC1, TBP1, TCP1, EAV1, EBV1, TJC1, AGC1 (82 CU)
Completed: MGC1, TPV1, CUV1 (14 CU)
Remaining: BOV1, BNC1, TXP1, TXC1, TYP1, TPC1, SBT1, QZT1 (22 CU)

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    MrAgentMrAgent Member Posts: 1,310 ■■■■■■■■□□
    gunbunnysoulja wrote: »
    Hello,

    I'm a SharePoint noob and have just been playing around to better learn it on my own. I have a site setup off SharePoint 2010 that I'm hosting off my home server (2008 with SQL 200icon_cool.gif and is accessible via my registered domain name however I can't seem to access it via anonymous like you would a website. I have anonymous policy enabled in IIS7 and SP. If I uncheck Windows Authentication while anonymous is left enabled as well, it results in Error 401.

    I'll likely be using Windows Authentication and just add users to AD, but I'm just curious why anonymous access doesn't work.

    Thanks!

    I found this on google.
    Enable Anonymous Access in SharePoint 2010 | Top SharePoint Sites
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    gunbunnysouljagunbunnysoulja Member Posts: 353
    Thanks for that link. Ugh I can't believe I overlooked that. I have been trying to get my SharePoint site public for a while now, so I was glad to finally have it up and running. I apparently forgot to do the last part, enable anonymous access from within the site itself (rather than Central Admin).

    Thanks!
    WGU BSITStart Date: July 1, 2013
    In Progress: CJV1 (4 CU)
    Transfered: WFV1, TJP1, CLC1, INC1, INT1, EUP1, EUC1, BVC1, GAC1, DHV1, DIV1, CWV1, CRV1, DEV1, CTV1, DJV1, IWC1, IWT1, CVV1, RIT1, CIC1, CJC1, TBP1, TCP1, EAV1, EBV1, TJC1, AGC1 (82 CU)
    Completed: MGC1, TPV1, CUV1 (14 CU)
    Remaining: BOV1, BNC1, TXP1, TXC1, TYP1, TPC1, SBT1, QZT1 (22 CU)

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    RobertKaucherRobertKaucher Member Posts: 4,299 ■■■■■■■■■■
    MrAgent wrote: »
    I found this on google.
    Enable Anonymous Access in SharePoint 2010 | Top SharePoint Sites

    I think the key step you are missing is the final few screen shots in the article MrAgent posted.
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    MrAgentMrAgent Member Posts: 1,310 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Sharepoint is a tricky beast. I remember working for my last company and for some people anonymous access would be allowed, and for others it would not. We never did figure out why. We ended up just requiring authentication.
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