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The default limit of a single upload file in SharePoint is 50MB. The size limit can be increased upto 2GB, from central admin. To increase the size limit and any issues faced during upload of large files, check the link below http://blogs.technet.com/b/sharepointcomic/archive/2010/02/14/uploading-large-files-to-sharepoint-on-windows-server-2008-and-iis7.aspx As given in the link, it is not recommended to upload large files of size greater than 500MB thru sharepoint. The reason's why large file uploads are not recommended via browser is listed Reliably transferring gigabyte or bigger files without breakages over a protocol like HTTP, which is better suited for tiny transfers like images and text. Not killing your browser because it has to load all that in memory Not killing your web server because All that you upload through HTTP post, first gets streamed into IIS Memory, w3wp.exe memory before the ENTIRE FILE finishes uploading .. before it is stored. Which means,

·          In Central Administration, under Application Management, click on the Manage web applications. ·          Select the web application you want to enable anonymous access and click on the Authentication Providers icon in the ribbon ·          On the Authentication Providers pop-up window click on the Default zone ·          Under Edit Authentication, check Enable anonymous access and click Save. ·          Go back to Web Application Management click on the Anonymous Policy icon in the ribbon ·          Under Anonymous Access Restrictions select your Zone and set the Permissions to None – No policy and click Save. ·          Once in web application anonymous access is set, the option would come in site collections. Navigate to top level site collection for the web application. Click the Site Actions > Site Settings. Under Users and Permissions click Site permissions. ·          Under Permission Tools, click Anonymous Access icon and set the permissions as requ