Monday, February 3, 2014

SharePoint 2013: "Sorry, we're having trouble reaching the server"

Trying to add users to SharePoint groups.

When I type in a name I get the following message: "Sorry, we're having trouble reaching the server"

I had been tinkering with the web app directly in IIS (don't try this at home) and I disabled "Anonymous access". 

Apparently this is necessary for SharePoint to function. So don't mess with it.