I would like users to have the ability of signing in without being Windows users. This means, either using Form Based Authentication or a better option, which I'm now aware right now.
Could anybody tell me how to install FBA in Share Point 2010, or recommend me a good article about it?
I've read several articles about this, but almost all of them tell me to modify several web.config files, and I really don't like the idea of touching things without being sure of what I'm doing.
Note: I'm not using Active Directory...just in case.
EDIT:
I've followed this tutorial, but I still cannot sign in using FBA. Also, I've noticed I don't have any users on SQL-Auth database (it's explained in that tutorial). Is that normal, or automatic?
Thanks,
Brian
I read quite a few articles about FBA configuration and followed instruction provided by them. But it wasn't until I found Configuring Forms Based Authentication for SharePoint 2010 using IIS7 I finally managed to make FBA work - I highly recommend this article.
The users are not created automatically - you can create them:
using IIS Manager,
programmatically (Membership.CreateUser),
using the MembershipSeeder tool mentioned in the tutorial you linked in your question.
This one has lots of screenshots and step-by-step explanations and might be helpful too.
http://kbochevski.blogspot.com/2011/01/setup-fba-for-sharepoint-2010-using-vs.html
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I hope all is well,
I have a webpage that has a button and a SharePoint library.
Once the user clicks the download button, the document will be downloaded from SharePoint with a watermark of the user trying to download this file.
Additionally, I need to manage who can access or download the file.
Therefore, the main points to consider are:
User authentication to the SharePoint document library
Pulling the document from the website itself
Watermark feature
Thus, what is the most effective practice to achieve that and what should I use?
Thanks in advance
oh man, this is really an open and not quite detailed question 😟. Could you provide more context? what language are you using? have you already tried something and what is failing?
For now, the only help I may provide you is just general info 🙂:
User authentication to the SharePoint document library
if you are extending SharePoint or M365 with a SPFx solution you do not need to worry on auth. If it is totally aside I would recommend checking
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/auth/auth-concepts
I would strongly recommend checking microsoft-graph-toolkit there is a mgt-login component
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/toolkit/components/login
again here I would also recommend using MS Graph and endpoint like https://graph.microsoft.com/(version)/sites/(site-id)/drive/(drive-id)/items/(item-id)/content
I guess this is a very similar topic: Sharepoint Graph API download file from Document library that are not listed as drive ("Site Pages" and others)
Watermark feature
as for this I would take a look at Microsoft 365 sensitivity labels feature and read more about it here
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/sensitivity-labels?view=o365-worldwide#what-sensitivity-labels-can-do
I hope this will be of any help. For sure it is a good start 🙂
I'm trying to automate a workflow using Google Data Studio. Requirements are simple - I need to be able to programatically copy a templated report (from a Python/Java application) and import/set a data source (Google Sheets doc) for that report. Nothing more fancy (no visualisation creation, formatting, or anything graphical, etc.).
Sources here, here and here (last two require Google Cloud Console account) suggest an API does exist (and detail a setup process to access it). However, after going through this setup process, I can find no details or documentation of any functionality, and consequently have been unable to progress.
Can anyone authoritatively state whether:
1. There does exist any API functionality for GDS? and
2. If not, are there plans to develop such? (since the Google links above suggest there is, I'm wondering if this means it's in the pipeline for near future).
The only directly related SO posts I can find are here and here. The first suggests there isn't, but doesn't account for the Google links I've provided above which suggest there is; the second doesn't really cover the same use case, so doesn't provide answers applicable here.
FYI - I've posted a Google Community forum post here asking essentially the same question.
If anyone is able to help out, that would be greatly appreciated :) Many thanks in advance for your time and help! :)
Fresh as of 2022-05-23
There does exist any API functionality for GDS?
Not in the way you are expecting. The three links you posted all refer to the current Data Studio API. The only things you can do with that API is view your Data Studio assets and update permissions. That's it. This API won't let you create/copy/modify reports or data sources.
If not, are there plans to develop such?
Not in the near future. You can make/vote for this feature request in the official tracker. More popular feature requests are usually prioritized in roadmaps.
That being said, a lot of the API use cases can be resolved using combinations of Community Connectors, config parameters, direct linking, viewer's credentials, Linking/Integration API etc.
I am applying azure active directory authentication to my website, which is shown as below.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-websites-authentication-authorization/#
Now the above reference link shows that earlier there was a limitation like ("With the current release the whole site is placed behind login the requirement.")
In my application, i want some pages as a public facing (that should not require azure active directory login)
So i want to know that is the above limitation is still there and if not, then how do i achieve this?
Please help me on this
I did not have the opportunity to try it recently, but my current understanding is that the limitation is still there and that when you use this feature the whole site is placed behind login the requirement ( Even if Byron Tardif speaks of a possible feature next to come in one of his answers in the article you have referred to : "Not right now, but we have this in our backlog of things we want to enable").
So the solution would be, as Byron suggests (for a public API) either to have two web sites : one private or one public.
Another solution would be not to use this feature and implement yourself the non systematic authorization logic between your web app and AAD. You have many ways to do it depending the stack you're using (NET, PHP, Node, Java or Python) and it will require more effort to have it work.
Hope this helps
Happy new year !
Stéphane
We are creating a internet site (with anonymous access) in SharePoint 2010. One of the features requested is a discussion forum (not anonymous). We very much want to use the built in SharePoint Discussion Board (the look is dull, but we are OK with it). What I don't quite understand is how to implement user authentication and creation. Will every user have that participates in the discussion be a domain user? If I use a different authentication provider, how do I integrate external roles to SharePoint roles/permissions. Any tips or links on how to implement user management for public SharePoint sites would be great. Thanks.
Similar question, but not what I was looking for:
share point 2010 :how to create forum website , using in team discussion question and answerig?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5098521/any-decent-reference-materials-for-sharepoint-2010-for-internet-sites
Perhaps I didn't search well enough (or didn't use the correct terms) but I eventually found what I was looking for: SharePoint 2010 FBA Pack. With this, I am able to create all my users via SharePoint and manage permissions using the role provider. Very easy and powerful solution.
Alright. So I am new, I know my way around html pretty well, and have gotten by for a while now doing so. But today I am presented with a seemingly simple issue.
My client needs the ability for users to create their own LOGIN/PASSWORD, my client wants to be able to MANUALLY approve visitors. And he want to be able to track how many times they login.
The login section will just be about 4 pages of PDF file downloads.
I cant imagine this is the hardest thing in the world, I just have no clue where to even start. Perhaps there is a code already written, as things like this are done every day using forum technologies...
Please help!
It may also help to mention that I am using Dreamweaver cs4 on a MAC
I'd check out Ruby on Rails if I were you. It's pretty easy to get something quick up with it that you can have users create accounts with that send e-mails to the client with approve/reject options, and be able to track downloads and users via MySQL or other databases.
I've found Agile Development with Rails to be a great source of info on how to do stuff like this (they do an online bookstore as the book's example) and with a little modification I think it should work for what you say you want to do (and the book is pretty cheap as far as programming books go).
If you want just really basic static login features without lots of coding, you can start with Password protecting your pages with htaccess. You can password protect directories like this without any effort at all. This way, you can be sure that your login routine is secure.
Then, you can continue with advanced features like account administration and login statistics. These will require some programming skills.
Tracking count of user logins should be easy too. You can put simple PHP code to the source of protected pages that will save the info about login to the database. This will require you to study some basics of databases. You can use plaintext files which is not as clean but much easier and it will allow you to export info for your client more easily.
If you want to do it profesionally, you should invest in learning about web development or hire someone to do it for you. These tasks might not be trivial.
Have you worked with PHP, ASP.Net or some other web language yet? What you're trying to isn't too difficult in the grand scheme of things but it may be somewhat challenging if you haven't programmed before and/or haven't had any experience with web development.
(P.s. Alter your question as a response and comment on my answer when you're finished.)
As you are looking into Ruby on Rails, take a look at bort which is a RoR app skeletton with RESTful authentication included, it should help (Chris Bunch answered on the general RoR question).
There is also this bort fork. There is also Authlogic which may be easier to work with.
Have a look at the ASP.net Membership provider and also the login controls which provides the UI for the login as well as registration screens out of the box.
Here is a Multipart Series on ASP.NET's Membership, Roles, and Profile
If this is too complex than probably you can also design you application from scratch using ASP.net. If you don't know asp.net than the best place to start is www.asp.net it has several videos and tutorials which would help you get going soon.