Where is "Sign in as Different User" in SharePoint 2013

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One of features used in testing of permissions in SharePoint is "Sign in as Different User" which allows you to log in as an another user.  With SharePoint 2013 this option is missing.

To get this feature back follow the following steps :

  1. Locate and then open the following file in a text editor:  C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES\Welcome.ascx

  2. Add the following element before the existing "ID_RequestAccess" element:

    <SharePoint:MenuItemTemplate runat="server" ID="ID_LoginAsDifferentUser" Text="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuser%>" Description="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuserdescription%>" MenuGroupId="100" Sequence="100" UseShortId="true" />

  3. Save the file.

Microsoft has published a KB article on the same : https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2752600.

Hope this information was helpful.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    February 11, 2013
    This worked great, thanks.

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2013
    This worked like a charm!

  • Anonymous
    April 24, 2013
    Sweet! Thank you!

  • Anonymous
    April 25, 2013
    Nice Missing "Sign in as Different User" link is the most annoying thing in SP 2013

  • Anonymous
    July 15, 2013
    Try this, www.kaboodlekonnect.com/.../alt-login at least it is supported and its free

  • Anonymous
    January 29, 2014
    If there is anyone like me just need to test signing in as a different user - following KB is the workaround: support.microsoft.com/.../2752600 Hope that helps someone :-)

  • Anonymous
    January 29, 2014
    Add /_layouts/closeConnection.aspx?loginasanotheruser=true at the tail end of your URL. example: url.com/.../closeConnection.aspx

  • Anonymous
    February 28, 2014
    If you are using Chrome here is a video that will show you how to sign in as different user www.youtube.com/watch