Re: External users vs internal users.
From: Bill English [MVP] (bill_at_mindsharp.com)
Date: 03/21/05
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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:15:01 -0600
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-- Bill English www.mindsharp.com www.mindsharpblogs.com sharepointdiscussions@yahoogroups.com "David." <David.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:281B3121-B347-43F2-B5D6-CFE1FB1A9356@microsoft.com... > Thanks. I think I need help with the design full-stop. > > What I'm actually trying to achieve is two-fold; > > 1. To have Team and Meeting sites available to groups of external users. > External users just need to access sites they have been sent invites for > or > team sites for which they have access rights. This set of sites should use > account creation - I do not have time to keep adding users to AD on behalf > of > the meeting organisers and I'm not giving them rights to the AD. Then you'll need a separate WSS farm for this since you're using account creation mode. > > 2. To have a Portal site for internal users that ties it all together for > us. > Internal users also get personal sites and can search all the Portal, Team > and Meeting sites. Ideally, this portal should use pre-existing domain > accounts. A second farm hosting this portal....... > > The thing is, we collaborate with all the external users, but they don't > collaborate with each other! :) > > Is it possible to run Sharepoint Team Services on an externally facing > server, with Portal server on an internal server, but both use the same > data? > Am I even on the right track here? :s Because of your requirment to use account creation mode, you're forced into two farms. Putting up an extranet is inherently taxing on administrative efforts. There is no doubt that there is additional AD account support needed for an extranet. It's just how the game works these days. Since you'll be using two different farms, you'll have two sets of data - and a one-way indexing of that data. I think you should re-think your design to somehow eliminate account creation mode. Just my $0.02............. > > David. > > "Bill English [MVP]" wrote: > >> I see, at a minimum, warning signs all over your post about your design. >> Personally, I don't like workspaces in the portal, in part, for the >> *exact* >> reason your are posting about. What you want to achieve is more easily >> achieved using team sites. I really think you need to think through your >> design better. Ping me offline if you'd like more information. >> >> -- >> >> Bill English >> www.mindsharp.com >> www.mindsharpblogs.com >> sharepointdiscussions@yahoogroups.com >> >> >> "David." <David.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:10327C6B-2949-45F8-9C2F-EA1B24005542@microsoft.com... >> > Is it possible to set up Portal Server so that only internal users can >> > see >> > the root of the portal? >> > >> > I want to be able to allow external users to access workspaces created >> > for >> > meetings, but not the portal itself, while internal users can use the >> > portal >> > and the search. >> > >> > Can I do this with separate front-end servers, using the same data? >> > Ideally, >> > I'd like to keep the externally available server in a DMZ. >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> >> >>
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