Unable to discover an endpoint supporting windows authentication for service identity.svc

Alternative error messages
  • Unable to discover an endpoint supporting windows authentication for service identity.svc
  • Please check that you have entered the correct server connection settings and that the server is available
Symptom
A user in Studio is trying to connect to the GroupShare projects server but gets an error message similar to the above.
Probable cause
The following are all true:
  • The GroupShare projects Application Server has a firewall (or is behind a firewall).
  • At installation time, the option 'Integrated security' (or, equivalently, 'Windows authentication') was chosen.
  • The firewall was not given a rule to allow incoming tcp traffic on the port specified for the Application Service.
Solution
Modify the firewall on the GroupShare Application Server to allow the tcp port to accept connections on the appropriate port.