Microsoft Office SharePoint: To Enable the Authentication Method to Basic

To protect Microsoft Office SharePoint with this agent you must ensure that the authentication method for the Microsoft IIS 6.0 Server is set to Basic authentication as described in this task.

1. As an administrator, log in to Windows 2003 Server where Microsoft Office SharePoint is running.

2. In the Microsoft Windows Start menu, choose run.

3. Type the following: inetmgr

4. Click OK.

5. Expand the local computer.

6. Expand the Web Sites folder.

7. Right click the SharePoint site that you are protecting with the agent.

   The agent-protected SharePoint site is typically the site using port 80 (SharePoint — 80).

8. In the options list, click Properties.

   The Default Web Site Properties dialog box appears.

9. Select the Directory Security tab.

10. Click Edit in the Authentication and access control section.

11. Select Basic authentication in the Authenticated access section.

    Ensure that no other authentication option is checked.

12. Click OK.

13. Click OK again to close the Web site properties.