How to set windows authentication for sitecore websites on IIS



These are few steps that you need to follow to have windows (AD) authentication on your local environment.


1- Add windows Authentication Feature to IIS
2- Enable Windows Authentication
3- For making sure TDS is working as expected enable Anonymous Authentication
4- Add DisableLoopbackCheck to your registery


1.          Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.

2.          Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

3.          Right-click Lsa, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.

4.          Type DisableLoopbackCheck, and then press ENTER.

5.          Right-click DisableLoopbackCheck, and then click Modify.

6.          In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.

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