Change Sharepoint Services URL

[JK1150]

I installed sharepoint services and find it incredibly useful, really like what Microsoft has done. The only problem is that it's URL is http://server/, which is virtually useless for anyone not on the domain. Even though they can type in our server's real-world URL, it asks them to authenticate and says "Cannot find http://server/default.aspx" I need to know how to change that to http://serverurl.com/default.aspx (example)

Does anyone know how to change this? Thanks in advance.

[Xtremist]

yea you need to go buy a domain name from namecheap or some where else that sells them, then open up your ipaddress on your router if you use one and allow conections on port 80 if thats the port its running on (usually is). Then you need to configure dns on your server then configure the domain name on the site you bought it from to point to your servers ip

[bobbba]

The only problem is that it's URL is http://server/, which is virtually useless for anyone not on the domain. [/url] (example)

why is http://server/, useless for anyone not the domain? do you mean your local network?

Even though they can type in our server's real-world URL, it asks them to authenticate

What happens if they authenticate? Are you talking about local network users or internet users?

I need to know how to change that to http://serverurl.com/default.aspx (example)

Same question, are you talking about local network users or internet users?

[JK1150]

xtremist, we already have a sub-domain name with our college.

bobbba, if we go to our domain name for the sharepoint server, we will get an authentication screen. upon authenticating, it redirects us to http://server/ instead of our domain name. If you are sitting on a local network, say, at home, going to http://server/ will resolve nothing unless you edit your hosts file.

[bobbba]

ok, to test it how about the following:

setup a basic html file named mytest.htm

ensure anonymous access is allowed

access the file using http://serverurl.com/mytest.htm

and see what happens

if it works, then the problem could be with what the aspx page is trying to do

[spyder2k]

Try adding both the base sharepoint server name and the FQDN of the sharepoint server to the IIS Host Headers.

[JK1150]

ok, to test it how about the following:

setup a basic html file named mytest.htm

ensure anonymous access is allowed

access the file using http://serverurl.com/mytest.htm

and see what happens

if it works, then the problem could be with what the aspx page is trying to do

yea, that works. it is probably a redirect problem. i will look at it when i get back to work and report back. thanks.

[JK1150]

I fixed it by going to:

SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration > Operations > Alternate access mappings

You can click on a URL here and change it to be a domain name and not a server name.