SharePoint 2010 Site issue to making it anonymous – (looking like sharepoint 2010 bug)

Hello friends,

Scenario:

Today i tried to made my blog site anonymous over internet with extending my original blog site with selectiong “Enable anonymous access” checkbox ON for internet zone but did not get any option of “Anonymous Access” option in ribbon “site permission” and that is why my blog site was not accessible to anonymous user and asking for credential

Solution:

1.Go to central admin
2. application management ==> web application management –> select web application and click in “Authentication provider” ribbon option.
3. click on “Default” zone and check ON “enable anonymous access” (looking like bug but you will require to do it)
4. Now go to your blog site and check site permission and now you will get anonymous access option in ribbon from where you can select ” enter website” to make your whole site anonymous enabled

–Cheer

Good article of sharepoint 2010 Branding and layout customization

I found some of good article that my one of colleague has posted in his blog and i would recommend to check it out following links to know more about to play with sharepoint 2010 master page, look and fill, formatting, branding etc.

Also i would recommend to use IE developer tool that is itself available in IE browser that developer can use to investigate issue and quick checking with any formatting and other css related issue

http://spmenia.wordpress.com/
http://spmania.blogspot.com/

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Good to know highlevel sharepoint 2007 Licenseing

Licensing requirements

Consider licensing requirements to determine the minimum number of server farms that you need to plan for. There are two server licenses available for Office SharePoint Server 2007. These licenses can be combined on the same server computer or on the same server farm. The following table lists and describes each license offering.

Offering Description

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Server License This license is required to run Office SharePoint Server 2007 in client/server mode. You should use this license with the requisite number of Client Access Licenses (CALs) appropriate for your organizational needs.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet sites You may use the software for Internet-facing Web sites only. All content, information, and applications must be accessible to non-employees. This license has all the features of the Enterprise Edition of Office SharePoint Server. This is a per server license that does not require the purchase of Client Access Licenses.

If you plan to deploy internal content for your organization and Internet-facing content for non-employees from the same farm, you must purchase both license types for that farm. As an accommodation for possible deployment scenarios, customers wishing to consolidate their Office SharePoint Server 2007 needs under a single deployment may acquire licenses for both products, assign those licenses to the same server, and use the same running instance of the software simultaneously under both licenses. However, customers must acquire CALs as required under the Office SharePoint Server 2007 use rights for users and devices accessing content in any manner not permitted under the Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet sites use rights.

The remainder of this section describes which license to use for different types of deployments.Intranet sites for both internal and remote employees Use the server license with the appropriate number of CALs. Even though intranet sites might be exposed to the Internet to allow access to remote employees, this is the correct license for this scenario.

Internet sites for external users

Use the Internet sites license.
Partner extranet sites for communication with employees of partner companies
You can choose the following options for partner extranet sites:
• Add a partner extranet site to a server farm that is hosting the company intranet (server license). With this option, you must ensure that you purchase the requisite number of CALs for partner employees.
• Add a partner extranet site to a server farm that is hosting the company Internet site (Internet sites license). This option does not require CALs for partner employees or for your own employees who are collaborating with partners. However, on this farm, you may not create sites that are used exclusively by employees of your organization.
• Deploy a dedicated server farm for partner collaboration and use the Internet sites license. This option does not require CALs for partner employees or for your own employees who are collaborating with partners. However, on this farm, you may not create sites that are used exclusively by employees of your organization.
If you plan to deploy a single server farm, use this server farm. If you plan to deploy two different server farms, one for intranet sites and one for Internet sites, consider the following aspects to help you decide which server farm to use for partner extranet sites:
• Nature of collaboration If the primary purpose of a partner extranet site is to securely communicate information to many partners, the Internet server farm is the most economical choice. On the other hand, if the primary purpose is to work collaboratively with a small number of partner employees, the intranet server farm might be a better choice. Choose the option that enables you to optimize the farm for its intended role (that is, collaboration vs. read-only content).
• Number of partner employees If you collaborate with many partner employees and cost is a strong criterion, you can securely host both collaborative and anonymous content on an Internet-facing farm with the Internet sites license.
If you collaborate with many partner employees, consider deploying a dedicated server farm for partner extranet sites in the following circumstances:
• You do not plan to deploy a server farm for Internet sites and it is more cost effective to purchase the Internet sites license than to purchase CALs for all partner employees.
• Your organization prevents authenticated access to or collaboration on the same server farm that hosts your Internet site.
• You anticipate or are experiencing performance issues on a server farm that hosts both Internet sites and partner extranet sites. For example, partner employees report slow response times when collaborating on content.

(Reference from: Internet Presences: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd362330%28office.12%29.aspx)