I am looking for basic guidance on how to browse a SharePoint 2013 Environment, Hosted in Azure, from a PC not located on the same network. In other words from an internet connected PC. I believe this was working until some Azure or Windows update took place, and now I can no longer connect to my environment via SharePoint Designer, IE, or ShareGate migration tool. (I am NOT looking to open up a public facing website with Anonymous access.)
Currently when I try to access http://Server_Name.cloudapp.net I end up looking at a IIS 8 Splash Screen.
There seems to be a combination of settings that need to be in order for this to happen. I believe they fall into the following topics Any help is appreciated.
Azure Settings:
1.DNS name: SERVER_NAME.cloudapp.net
2.ENDPOINTS
IIS Settings:
1.Bindings
DNS Server Settings:
1.Host A Records
SharePoint Settings:
1.Alternate Access Mappings
Other:
1.Hosts File
2.Windows Server Firewall
Hi Nico,
Thanks for the reply. I was missingÂ
2. Add a HTTP binding for the SharePoint site (server1.cloudapp.net)
I had a binding to my internal name portal.contoso.com, but not for my cloud server, however I swear I was able to get there before. Not sure if it is possible for a windows update, azure update, or something else to have removed that.
either way I am working now.Â
Thanks
Matt
Hi Matt,
The URL of your SharePoint site would be the URL of your cloud service.
So let’s say your cloud server is running under: Server1.cloudapp.net, you would need to do the following:
1. Add an endpoint for the Virtual Machine (Port 80,HTTP)
2. Add a HTTP binding for the SharePoint site (server1.cloudapp.net)
3. If your SharePoint URL differs from that, add an alternate access mapping for that URL.
Where did you add the A record in the DNS server (this would only be used for internal resolving right)?
I have a SharePoint site published from Azure and it is working fine. If you need some assistance on your end let me know, and I’ll try to assist you.
Regards, Nico
