Change authentication methods

To change authentication methods in IIS you must be a member of the local server's Administrators group or you must have been granted privileges to administer IIS.

Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
Click the PLUS SIGN (+) next to the server name that contains the virtual server you want to change.
Click the PLUS SIGN (+) next to Web sites.
Right-click the virtual server, and then click Properties.
On the Directory Security tab, in the Authentication and access control section, click Edit.
Select or clear the check boxes for the authentication methods you want to allow or disallow.
Click OK to close the Authentication Methods dialog box.
Click OK again to close the Properties dialog box.

Enabling Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

To enable SSL for a virtual server hosting Web sites based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, you must turn on SSL in Internet Information Services (IIS). If you want to use SSL for the virtual server used by SharePoint Central Administration, you must also use the setadminport command-line operation to enable SSL in Windows SharePoint Services.

Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
Click the PLUS SIGN (+) next to the server name that contains the virtual server you want to change.
Click the PLUS SIGN (+) next to Web sites.
Right-click the virtual server, and then click Properties.
On the Directory Security tab, in the Secure communications section, click Edit.
In the Secure Communications dialog box, select the Require secure channel (SSL) box, and then click OK.
Click OK again to close the Properties dialog box.

Enabling SSL for the SharePoint Central Administration pages

After you have enabled SSL for the SharePoint Central Administration virtual server in IIS, you must use the command line to configure Windows SharePoint Services to use SSL. Perform the following steps to configure Windows SharePoint Services to use SSL for the Central Administration pages.

If you have a server farm, you must set all of the servers in your server farm to use the same administration port by using the following syntax:
```
stsadm.exe –o –setadminport –p 443
```
Important Replace the port number in the example syntax with the port number you want to use for remote administration. Run this command on each front-end Web server in the server farm. You only need to perform this step running Windows SharePoint Services on a server farm; you do not need to change the administration port if you are running Windows SharePoint Services on a single server.
Configure the administration pages to use SSL by using the following syntax:
```
stsadm.exe –o –setadminport –ssl
```
If you have a server farm, you must run this command on each front-end Web server in the server farm.

Note To improve security for the administration port, it is recommended that you also use a firewall or the IIS IP and domain restrictions feature to restrict access to the administration port. By using the firewall or IP and domain restrictions, you can specify that Windows SharePoint Services ignore requests from unauthorized IP addresses or network domain names.

Change authentication methods

Enabling Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

Enabling SSL for the SharePoint Central Administration pages

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