Sharepoint Security

29 Jun 2005 10:43 AM

Wise81

I have just set up a sharepoint portal on my server, http://companyweb, I am
just asking if there is any way to skip the signing in process when you first
arrive at the website and instead have it getting the security information
from the already logged on Windows Account?

Thank you in advance

29 Jun 2005 1:56 PM

Tom Kaminski [MVP]

"Wise81" <Wis***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have just set up a sharepoint portal on my server, http://companyweb, I
>am
> just asking if there is any way to skip the signing in process when you
> first
> arrive at the website and instead have it getting the security information
> from the already logged on Windows Account?
>
> Thank you in advance

Sure - make sure IIS is set to use Windows Integrated authentication and
that IE is configured to allow it and recognize your server (FQDN) as part
of the intranet zone.

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