Default authentication settings (Office SharePoint Server)

Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007

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Topic Last Modified: 2015-03-09

In this article:

• Authentication settings for new Web applications

• Authentication settings for authentication providers

Authentication is the process of validating a user's identity. After a user's identity is validated, the authorization process determines which sites, content, and other network resources the user can access.

Authentication settings for new Web applications

The following table lists the available authentication settings for creating Web applications in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

Authentication settings for authentication providers

If you need to change the authentication settings for a Web application that has been created or extended, select the default authentication options, and then configure authentication. (To do so, on the SharePoint Central Administration Web site, on the Application Management page, in the Application Security section, select Authentication providers, and then click the Zone to open the Edit Authentication page.)

The following table lists the authentication settings that can be changed for an authentication provider.

See Also

Concepts

Plan authentication methods (Office SharePoint Server)
Plan authentication settings for Web applications in Office SharePoint Server