Limited-access user permission lockdown mode Feature in SharePoint

What is limited-access user permission lockdown mode? In SharePoint, users are automatically assigned to the “Limited Access” permission level when their account is granted exclusive access (unique permission) only to resources such as list/library/document, etc., within site, but not directly to the site itself. E.g., When you grant access to a List…

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Getting Login Prompt on Anonymous Access Enabled SharePoint Sites?

Problem: We Enabled anonymous access to SharePoint 2013, But still, users are getting Login prompts! Solution: Here is the checklist for troubleshooting: Anonymous access must be turned on both at the Web Application level and at the SharePoint site level. Double-check your settings with How to Enable Anonymous Access in SharePoint 2013 …

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Enable Anonymous Access in SharePoint using PowerShell

How to Enable Anonymous Access in SharePoint using PowerShell? Enabling anonymous access in SharePoint allows users who are not logged into the system to view and interact with content. Continuing with my last post, How to Enable Anonymous Access in SharePoint 2013? In this blog post, we’ll show you how to enable…

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How to Enable Anonymous Access in SharePoint 2013 / 2016?

As the name suggests, Anonymous access allows anonymous users to view pages in SharePoint. Setting up anonymous access in SharePoint sites is a common task for most of us, and often we do it to enable anonymous access for SharePoint 2013 for public-facing sites. Let’s see the steps needed to configure anonymous…

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SharePoint Web Services Exposed to Anonymous Access Users

Accidentally found my SharePoint Test environment’s web services URLs are exposed in Google as anonymous access! and I was able to access the web services anonymously! Even though SharePoint web services exposed by anonymous access, SharePoint will not allow anyone to do beyond their access rights. Say for e.g. In order to…

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Show Login for Anonymous user and Logout for Authenticated users

Here is my requirement: I want to Show Custom Log-in button for Anonymous user, and once logged in I want to show the Log-out for Authenticated users. Here is the implementation part. 1. create your own Log-in and Log-out button images, place them under: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\IMAGES Important: Do…

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How to Enable Anonymous Access in SharePoint?

How to enable anonymous access in SharePoint? To Enable Anonymous access in SharePoint 2010, We need to do the change in Central admin & Site collection: Step 1: Enable Anonymous Access in Central Administration: Go to: Central Administration > Application Management > Manage Web Applications, and Select your web application by highlighting…

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