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Allowing Anonymous Access for Surveys in SharePoint

After you've created a survey, you can enable anonymous access so any user on the web can participate.

1. Go to the Survey Settings page and select Advanced Settings in the General Settings column.
2. Set Read access to All responses and Edit access to Only their own.
   (This setting will be overridden in a few steps.)
3. Click OK to apply these changes.
4. Back on the Survey Settings page, click on Permissions for this survey in the Permissions and Management column.
5. A list of users will display. Click the Actions button and choose Edit Permissions.
6. A warning prompt will make you aware that you are breaking permissions from the parent site. This is what you want to do, so click OK.
7. The page will refresh with some changes, like the addition of a Settings button. Click on it and choose Anonymous Access.
8. Anonymous users are regular, un-authenticated users from the internet. By default they will have access to view items. Check boxes to grant them the ability to Add and Edit Items.
9. Click OK to apply these settings.
10. Once again, return to the Survey Settings screen and choose Advanced Settings.
11. Change Read access to Only their own.