Post by dshift on Jan 7, 2014 3:14:07 GMT -6
Alternate access mappings direct users to the correct URLs during their interaction with SharePoint 2013 (while browsing to the home page of a SharePoint 2013 website, for example). Alternate access mappings enable SharePoint 2013 to map web requests to the correct web applications and sites, and they enable SharePoint 2013 to serve the correct content back to the user.
Because the features of alternate access mapping are deprecated, we recommend that you use host-named site collections over alternate access mappings.
Alternate access mappings were implemented because there are common Internet deployment scenarios in which the URL of a web request received by Internet Information Services (IIS) differs from the URL that was typed by a user. This is most likely to occur in deployment scenarios that include reverse proxy publishing and load balancing.
Read More: www.dshift.com/blog/plan-alternate-access-mappings-for-sharepoint-2013/
Because the features of alternate access mapping are deprecated, we recommend that you use host-named site collections over alternate access mappings.
Alternate access mappings were implemented because there are common Internet deployment scenarios in which the URL of a web request received by Internet Information Services (IIS) differs from the URL that was typed by a user. This is most likely to occur in deployment scenarios that include reverse proxy publishing and load balancing.
Read More: www.dshift.com/blog/plan-alternate-access-mappings-for-sharepoint-2013/