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Extending a Web Application with HNSC
Brian Jones
26/11/2014
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Step 1: Extend the Web Application
In the browser:
Open
SharePoint Central Administration
Under
Application Management
select
Manage web applications
Select the web application you want to extend
In the ribbon click on
Extend
Select
Create a new IIS web site
Enter a
name
,
port
and
host header
for your web application
Choose your authentication type and select anonymous access if required
Choose a
zone
and click
OK
Wait for the window to close, this can take some time
Once completed do an IIS reset (Not always necessary)
Step 2: Create new site collection URL’s
Open SharePoint Management Shell as Administrator
Run the following PowerShell command where $currenturl is the URL of the site you want to access on another URL and $newurl is the new URL. Change the zone from custom to the required zone.
Set-SPSiteURL(Get-SPSite $currenturl) -Url $newurl -Zone Custom
Step 3: Add Bindings
Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
Expand your server name and expand sites
Right click on the site you created when you extended your web application and select
Edit Bindings
Click on
Add
In
Host name
enter the URL that you entered as your new URL in the previous PowerShell command
Click
Ok
and click
Close
Step 4: DNS / Host File
If this is a development environment with no DNS servers add an entry to your hosts file for the new URL. If this is live then speak to your systems administrator to get a DNS entry created.
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