26 Advanced settings for data
connections
Overview
If your network is behind a firewall, please configure the advanced settings to connect to the Internet or
to access secured intranet sites.
Connect to intranet URLs
To connect to intranet sites that have periods in their URLs (for example, intranet.companyname.com),
add them to the
Work URL Exceptions
list.
1.
Press Start , tap
Settings
>
Connections
>
Connections
>
Advanced
tab
>
Exceptions
.
2.
Tap
Add new URL
.
3.
In the
Work URL
box, enter the intranet URL.
4.
Tap
OK
.
NOTE:
If you use many URLs that share the same root company name, you can avoid entering each
individually by entering
*.companyname.com
.
Change an intranet URL
1.
Press Start , tap
Settings
>
Connections
>
Connections
>
Advanced
tab
>
Exceptions
.
2.
Tap the intranet URL exception to be changed, and then make the required changes.
3.
Tap
OK
.
NOTE:
To delete a work URL exception, tap and hold it in the list, and then tap
Delete
.
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