Within SharePoint, you can have links to other resources outside of SharePoint. These could go to other internal systems, or external websites. Also, if you're using Enterprise Search and index websites which are not within SharePoint the search results will include links to outside of SharePoint. The issue with linking to external sites and resources... Continue Reading →
SharePoint 2010: Forms Based Authentication using Active Directory
This post is a close mirror to my other post SharePoint 2010: Claims Based Authentication using .Net SQL Membership Provider, just tweaked to use AD instead of SQL. In this post I want to use Active Directory instead of SQL, and allow users to login using a friendly form instead of the ugly Windows grey... Continue Reading →
SharePoint 2010: Claims Based Authentication using .Net SQL Membership Provider
Often when a company wants to extend their SharePoint site to the extranet or internet, they'll need to accommodate new users who are currently not in their company's Active Directory. For instance, extending the application to the extranet to allow vendors to access product information, or extend to the internet to allow customers to log... Continue Reading →
SharePoint 2010: Create unique login page with forms based authentication
An awesome feature with SharePoint is the ability to use another authentication store for your users. This is especially helpful when you want to extend your site to an extranet or internet zone and you don't want your external users in your company Active Directory. I walk through configuring and setting up CBA here. Once... Continue Reading →
RSS - Posts