Mar

How to extend SharePoint 2010 Web Application

In this post i am going to explain two methods to extend SharePoint 2010 web application that uses classic mode authentication.

Method 1: Using Power Shell

Run SharePoint 2010 power shall with administrator’s right. Steps are simple

click All Programs on the Start Menu
click the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products option
click the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell option

type the following commands and press enter

Get-SPWebApplication -Identity http://SRV048:20691 | New-SPWebApplicationExtension –Name SharePoint 1346 -HostHeader www.sharepointdemo.com -Port 1346 -Zone Intranet -URL http://SRV048:1346/

Method 2: Using SharePoint 2010 Central Administration

1. Open Central Administration. Then click Manage Web Applications listed under Application Management

Application Management

2. In the Application Management screen, locate your web application. The application we will use to extend is SharePoint-8080

Extend Web Application

3. Select the application and click on Extend

Select web application

4. Next Screen will be like below. Enter your details. You can use host headers in case you have multiple websites running on the same port in your IIS web server.

Extend Web App to another IIS website

5. Scroll down and you will find the Public URL specifications. This setting configures the SharePoint website for public access. You can customize the settings and the zone as per the requirement.

For the zones you have four choices – Intranet, Internet, Custom and Extranet. Click OK.

Public URL Web App

6. Now your web application has extended. You verify either directly by entering http://servername:Port or you can check website from IIS manager as shown below: