MOSS domain configuration
We are having problems with SharePoint working the way we want it to.
We have a corporate MOSS configuration in our domain and there is an http: // intranet entry pointing to it on port 80.
We also have another site and have the internet domain name http: /nww.oursector.nhs.uk pointed to it. We did this to allow those outside our domain, but on the same physical network, to view it. Our network administrator hasd configured a firewall to redirect any requests to this url to our sharepoint server.
The problem is that we had to enable anonymous access, otherwise SharePoint sees this URL as external and blocks authenticated access to the site. This means that all users must manually sign in to the site, which makes SharePoint difficult to use.
Is there a way to configure SharePoint so that the URL http: /nww.oursector.nhs.uk for accessing the site collection does not include anonymous access for the site? I want users to be able to browse the site and if they were authenticated then great, if not then prompt them to login.
Can anyone suggest a way to achieve this?
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I would say you need to use a SharePoint Alternate Access Mapping to use the correct authentication type based on the method users are using to access the website.
Basically, I think it would work like this for your situation:
- For internal users, use the default zone using NTLM with SSO configuration.
Thus, users must sign transparently without requiring a login. - For external users, extend the web application using an extranet zone using anonymous access.
This will allow external users to view the website without signing.
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