Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

378 Part V: Administration of Windows SharePoint Services
Note Basic authentication is less secure than Integrated Windows authentication.
It is recommended that you use Basic authentication with SSL to
help make your environment more secure.
When you change authentication methods in IIS, you do not need to change
any settings in Windows SharePoint Services. For example, if you decide to use Integrated
Windows authentication instead of Basic authentication, you make the
change only in IIS.
To change authentication methods
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1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then
click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
2. Click the plus sign (+) next to the server name that contains the virtual server
you want to change.
3. Click the plus sign (+) next to Web sites.
4. Right-click the virtual server, and then click Properties. (See Figure 15-13.)
Figure 15-13 Properties of the virtual server
5. On the Directory Security tab, under Authentication and access control,
click Edit.
6. Select the check boxes for the authentication methods you want to enable, and
clear the check boxes for the authentication methods you want to disable. (See
Figure 15-14.)