Sign
In As a different user in SharePoint 2013:
Description:
As many of the people observe that the Sign in As Different user
option Disable in the SharePoint 2013.Its there in SharePoint 2010.
why to Sign in as
a Different User: Developers/ IT administrators, often have to log in with a different
user account to test their solutions or customizations, or get a higher-level
permissions in a SharePoint site. Even though the menu option is missing, there
are several workarounds that can be used to log in as a different user in
SharePoint 2013.Check the below Methods to get the sign in as different user.
Work Around 1:
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Change the
siteurl with yours(URL of you want to sign in) and it will ask you for the new username and password
http://siteurl/_layouts/closeConnection.aspx?loginasanotheruser=true
Work Around 2:
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Open internet explorer by using "run as
different user" option (Shift+ right click) by entering the
username and password that you like
Work Around 3:Follow the below
to get done. This is the most Useful and easy to get the option in All the
sites.
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Go to the below
path
C:\Program
Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server extensions\15\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES\
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Look for
the welcome.ascx
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Edit the
page with notepad. Go to bottom of page. Follow screen shot
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Put this
code in welcome.ascx page and save.
<SharePoint:MenuItemTemplate
runat="server" ID="ID_LoginAsDifferentUser"
Text="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuser%>"
Description="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuserdescription%>"
MenuGroupId="100"
Sequence="100" UseShortId="true" />
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Now look
for the Option. This time it would show in all the web sites.
Note: Take a backup of welcome.ascx page
before modification.
