Configuring anonymous access for site content

With anonymous access configured for the SharePoint web application in the Configuring anonymous access for web applications recipe, anonymous users are now able to access the SharePoint web application. Without granting anonymous users access to the content itself, SharePoint will display the generic Access Denied error page when trying to access the content. In this recipe, we will configure anonymous access for the site content.

How to do it…

Follow these steps to configure anonymous access to the site content:

  1. Navigate to the site collection we are enabling anonymous access for in your preferred web browser.
  2. Click on Site settings from the Settings menu.
  3. Click on Site permissions from the Users and ...

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