Web applications management in SharePoint Server
APPLIES TO: 
2013 2016 2019 Subscription Edition 
SharePoint in Microsoft 365
The following articles describe how to create and manage web applications in a SharePoint Server farm. These articles are written for farm administrators who will operate SharePoint Server. The articles also describe how to manage permissions and permission policies for a web application.
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Manage permissions for a web application in SharePoint Server |
Learn how to manage permissions for web applications in SharePoint Server. |
| Manage permission policies for a web application in SharePoint Server |
Learn how policies provide a centralized way to configure and manage a set of permissions that applies to only a subset of users or groups in a web application. |
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| Manage anonymous access for a web application in SharePoint Server |
Learn how to manage anonymous access to sites and site collections within a web application. |
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| Extend claims-based web applications in SharePoint |
Learn how to extend an existing claims-based SharePoint Server web application into a new zone to surface content to different types of users. |
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| Define managed paths in SharePoint Server |
Learn how to add a managed path for a web application in SharePoint Server. |
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| Cache settings operations in SharePoint Server |
Learn about the available caches and the settings that can be configured for the BLOB cache, cache profiles, and object cache settings in SharePoint Server. |