Alternate Access Mappings
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Whats the difference between host headers and alternate access mappings?
Whats the difference between host headers and alternate access mappings?
This is a similar question - What are the differences between extending a web app and adding a host header then adding ...
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When moving SiteURLs is it better to recreate the Web Application or use AAM to redirect?
We've had an existing site that has been built and deployed to for awhile now, mostly an internal beta site at http://beta.site.com which has been built up with an extended site on ...
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Alternate Access mapping
I have a issue today with regards to Alternate access mappings.
My Intranet has two Access mappings as follow:
Internal URL Zone Public URL for Zone
http://servername ...
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Using SPContext.Current to get public URL of the current zone
I have a single content Web application in the Default zone of my MOSS 2007 farm, which I then extended to the Extranet zone. The default zone web application uses Windows authentication and standard ...
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Is Alternate Access Mapping scoped to the Web Application?
On other words, if I wanted to point a sub-domain, like portal.mysite.com, would I do that with AAM or some other way?
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Fine grained permission control using Web App Zones?
I am using SharePoint 2010 Server.
I am trying to understand (and test out) all the various options for using different authentication sources for internal and external users on a site that can be ...
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How to create a site collection
I need to create a site collection so that url looks like http://hr.mycompany.com instead of http://portal.mycompany.com/hr. How do I do that?
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Configuring Alternate Access Mapping
My development environment is SharePoint 2010. I want to access my sharepoint sites with some useful names instead of http://my_machine_name/sitepages/home.aspx/ I want it to be like ...
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Alternate Access Mappings make me cry
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So, last week sometime, search broke for a WSS 3 site I administer.* I tried all kinds of things that I thought would work. The best I could do was eliminate the ...
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Crawl log error: Access is Denied
i am getting the issue as below when i check the sharepoint log files,
The start address https://.**.co.im cannot be crawled. Context:
Application 'Search_Service_Application', Catalog ...
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What could cause all sub-pages to redirect to the main page?
After quite a long break, I've come back to do some work on our Sharepoint-based Portal. I went to our test server and found that, when I click on a link to a sub-page, the main page gets reloaded. ...
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Zones, AAM, Host Headers,
I am getting really confused as when to use AAM and when to use header. I wish there was table to list scenarios and based on that you would pick AAM or host headers.
Same thing I am trying to ...
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“No item exists at https://<internal_url>” after file upload when accessing the site externally
I have created a SharePoint 2010 site that is accessible both internally and externally. I have created alternate access mappings for https://<internal_url> (Extranet) and ...
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Adding Controls to a Bing Map Webpart for SP 2010
I am using this WebPart to display Bing Maps, I did lots of research to find out, how can I put controls on it as one shown in picture in link but didn;t find any hint except AJAX might help, can ...
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How to use Sharepoint URL without port number - Alternative URL
if have a site url address : http://intranet.domainname.com:9999
How can i also use this url address:
http://intranet.domainname.com
without the port number
Do i have to use Alternate Access ...
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How to refer to a site using hostname
Created 2 Virtual (1 for AD and other one for SP)
AD installed (w2k8) and added all the necessary sp users.
Just finished installing sharepoint 2010. CA config is done.
I can access my sharepoint by ...
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Always prompted for authentication in Alternate Access Mapping and cannot log in
I just added an alternate access mapping entry to one of my web applications and upon trying to access it in the browser I am prompted for authentication over and over again without ever being ...
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Web application zone configuration - problem with search
We are having problems with search application in our environment. The problem is that search works as expected if it's performed from the search center site collection for all sites. But it doesn't ...
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Why am I suddenly getting an unauthorized access error?
I've been a long time lurker but finally had to post this, I've got several site collections on my server. Each with their own port. We had a contractor come in and set up one of the site collections ...
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How to change SharePoint web application port number?
I am using SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, and I am using publishing portal template. I have created a web application for intranet zone. I want to know how to ...
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Firefox connection reset over hardware load balancing and SSL
We have set up farm with 3 WFE's. Web apps are load balanced by hardware balancer with SSL. Assuming that our web site is https://www.foo.bar, we have our applications configured as follows:
HTTP ...
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View All Site Content Link goes to Content of Incorrect Site
Can you explain why a View All Site Content link would go to the wrong place? I've never seen this before, but a friend reports it happening on a test farm. What could explain most everything else ...
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Calendar Overlay issue in SharePoint 2010
I have a secured webapplication means that it uses "https" protocal, in which I have created two calendars Cal_1 and Cal_2. While trying to use the Calendar overlay option, it does not accept the ...
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Accessing SharePoint documents from different WebApplication Zones
I have a SharePoint 2010 Server site (http://shpserver:81) that I have extended twice:
Intranet: http://partnernet.abc.local
Internet: https://partnernet.abc.com
When I am on the internet ...
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Workflow: Current Item Url
I have a site set up with a workflow that sends mail with a link to a task. We use alternate access mappings in order to access this site across the company.
My issue is that in my workflow, ...
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Using Sharepoint URL without port number
I have a sharepoint web application like so:http://intranet:8080
I don't want to use port 80.
But i want users to type URL http://intranet instead of http://intranet:8080
How can i achieve this?
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Does a extended web app/zone with an AAM fully mirror the original web app/zone?
(I'm new to zones and AAMs so apologies if this question comes across a bit incoherent... I haven't really grasped how it all works yet.)
I have a Publishing site in SharePoint, running in a web app ...
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SSL redirect and AAM not working on a Workflow which is using the original/install URL
A year ago, I created our SharePoint site under a test name. I then added an AAM to extend it to our production name. Just a month ago, I added an SSL redirect in IIS which sends all http requests ...
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MySite Outside Access
I want to allow an https access to a MySite from outside. I have already do this for the intranet and it works but for the MySite it's another problem. I have change mapping access with my https URL ...
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SharePoints on VMWare Workstation. Need to access the SP from non-domain desktop
I installed VM-Workstation and added 2 VM (1 vm for AD domain controller and 2nd VM for play SP 2010)
I dont want my home desktop to be part of the domain that I created for play sp2010
I can access ...
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DNS and Http HOST header issue
I am using SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. And I am using publishing portal template. I have a physical server with a single IP address, and I have set in DNS to ...
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Configuring sub-site URL on its own domain
I am using SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. I am using publishing portal. And currently suppose my root site domain name is www.abc.com, and there is a sub-site ...
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AAM and SSL over the same Web Application
Scenario: One web application in a port 8080, extended to the zone extranet for the purpose of the activation of the SSL layer on port 8180. The default zone is for anonymous access and, once the user ...
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Alternate Access Mapping breaks web part
I have a web application with two access methods:
http://server:22222/ (default zone)
http://server.host.com/ (intranet zone)
This web application has a single SPSite with a single SPWeb. ...
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Are there any risks when allowing only HTTPS traffic to a SP site?
We'd like to do away with any pesky additional AAMs, and also not have to worry about extending our web applications more than we need to - our implementation is very straightforward, and having extra ...
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How to grant access to Intranet site to External Users?
Our company recently acquired few small companies. We are in the transition for getting all the files and documentation. I created a "Document Center" site for this project.
What is the best way ...
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Can I change the Default Alernate Access Mapping to include the domain?
We have two domains joined through a trust and when people access the SharePoint site in Domain A from Domain B they have to add .xyz.local to all SharePoint addresses.
For general usage this is fine ...
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Sharepoint 2010 alternate access mappings and HttpModule problem
I have encountered an interesting problem recently.
I have a HttpModule, which i have added in
modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" node , by hand.
The main site collection is at http: ...
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Alternate access mappings and using SPWeb, SpSite objects
We have more or less the following infrastructure
1. In production we have WFE, App Serv, UAG. We have some configuration to point internet URLs to sites on THE dmz production farm. Something like ...
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IIS Site Binding without SP Alternate Access Mapping
I have SharePoint Server 2010, and WebApp with site collection http://aa.contoso.com
when i add IIS Site Binding http://bb.contoso.com and HH in DNS but Without adding Alternate Access Mapping and the ...
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Blocking Access to Specific Sites For Certain Alternate Access Mappings
Ok, so I'm not sure that this is entirely possible, but wanted to pose the question: would it be possible to block access to certain content when the site is accessed from a certain alternate access ...
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Configuring Alternate Access mappings
So this is the situation,
I have a SharePoint farm with multiple servers.
I have multiple web applications.
I have two WFE servers.
The incoming traffic is load balanced using an ISA server ( ...
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SP2010 - Image links are pointing local URLS
Migrated a site from MOSS2007, and was given a new site URL of http://:/
e.g. http://spserver:1234
I have added an alternate access mapping so it can be accessed over the internet. However none of ...
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alternate access mappings and list event handlers
I have a tricky problem with list event handlers (item checking in).. I deployed a site level feature with itemcheckingin event for sharepoint 2010.
If I access the sharepoint site using the url's ...
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Why am I getting JavaScript errors in my extended web application?
I have extended a web application in SharePoint Foundation 2010. Added an AAM from "http://servername" to "http://portal". Accessing the site with the AAM address (http://portal) will come up however ...
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External Sharepoint Access (Putting Sharepoint on Back on Remote Web Workspace)
I converted my Sharepoint installation from a single server, to a 2 server Farm, and in the process accidently disconnect SP from our Remote Web Workspace. Before, we could access Sharepoint at ...
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Alternate Access Mappings in different ports
I've an WebApp using the 80 port and i have extend it - creating an AAM to Intranet Zone (http://my.new.url.com/). All good for now.
Now, i got a new WepApp for MySites in 81 port, but when i do the ...
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Make SharePoint accessible from the Internet via a specific port?
I am a junior sharepoint admin at some government public bureau.
Recently i've been trying to figure out how to make an internal sharepoint web app (MOSS 2007) on a specific port (e.g: ...
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How do I get the matching URL from another AAM web application based on the current request?
I'm trying to to create a link on one web application to another web application using C#.
Code is running on:
http://portal
I want to create a link to http://my.
The farm is also available on a ...
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Unable to connect to SharePoint server from a specific machine in same domain
I have a dev SharePoint 2010/Server 2008 VM within a test domain; I am presently unable to connect to any of the web apps on it from other machines within the same Domain using the machine name (e.g. ...

