Envision IT demonstrates how our clients are using SharePoint to transform their businesses, lower costs and maximize growth potential with an Extranet. See how we extend SharePoint beyond the corporate firewall and deliver an enhanced user experience.

1. Designing Your SharePoint
Extranet to Work for You
Presented by Peter Carson
President, Envision IT
April 19, 2012

2. Peter Carson
• President, Envision IT
• SharePoint MVP
• Virtual Technical Specialist,
Microsoft Canada
• peter@envisionit.com
• http://blog.petercarson.ca
• www.envisionit.com
• Twitter @carsonpeter
• VP Toronto SharePoint User
Group
• Iron SharePoint Chairman

3. Agenda
• Envision IT Overview
• Microsoft SharePoint
• Extranet Scenarios
• Supporting Products
• Case Studies
• Wrap-Up and Q&A

5. Envision IT Services Overview
Focused on complex SharePoint solutions,
Envision IT is the “go-to” partner for Microsoft
SharePoint, building integrated public web sites,
Intranets, Extranets, and web applications that
leverage your existing systems anywhere over the
Internet.

6. Public Web Sites
We create interactive, content-rich customer-facing web sites
that are able to grow and transform with changing needs

7. Collaboration Portals
Our Collaboration Portals provide a secure space for teams to
share knowledge and resources

8. Extranets
Envision IT has a wealth of experience building Corporate
Extranets that allow you to securely connect with customers and
partners

9. Intranets
Our Intranet Sites connect people to information, expertise and
key business applications, and SharePoint provides a broad set of
Enterprise Content Management features

10. Envision IT Products Overview

11. • Easy delegation of user management to business
• Self-registration, approvals, forgotten password reset
• Single URL and sign-on for AD

12. • Web part to support rotating banners
• Supported on iPad and mobile devices
• Easy for content authors to update

13. • Rich display of photographs on a web page
• Easy for content authors to update

14. • Eliminate ugly page not found errors
• Make sure external links still work on your
new site

15. Microsoft SharePoint

16. Extranet technology solutions with SharePoint for Internet Sites
Extranet Technologies  Enterprise Content Management
 Web Publishing
 Out-of-the-box Workflows
 Social Networking (for authenticated users)
 Search
 InfoPath Services
 SharePoint Business Intelligence
(Excel Services and PerformancePoint)
 Access Services
 Visio Services
 Rights for FAST Search for SharePoint
(for use outside the firewall)***
Core Technologies
Blogs
Business Data Connectivity Service
Claims-Based Authentication
Discussions
Mobile Connectivity
Multilingual User Interface
Permissions Management
Ribbon and Dialog Framework
SharePoint Workspace
Streamlined Central Administration
Wikis
Workflow
Enabling Technologies
Virus protection
Block inappropriate content
Multiple Antivirus engines – keyword filtering
Configurable alerts
Single point security controls for access policies
Access control based on user identity, role and device
Inactivity timeouts and re-authentication
Clean up cachetemp files at session termination

17. Product Details Product Details Product Details
The ideal solution for small to medium- The ideal solution for enterprise customers FAST provides the platform for driving
sized businesses to reach their customers with multiple domains, across many high-volume commerce and content
on the internet with easy-to-use Web geographies who want to provide high experiences uniquely personalized to the
Content Management and compliance for availability to their site visitors combined with a individual. For highly tailored search
single domains*. powerful search experience. solutions or highly personalized
experiences for ‘top tier’ websites, FAST
Features Search for Internet Sites provides the
Features SharePoint Standard CAL Features industry leading solution.
SharePoint Standard CAL Features  + Enterprise CAL Features
 Enterprise Content Management  Enterprise Content Management Features
 Web Publishing  Web Publishing
 Out-of-the-box Workflows  Out-of-the-box Workflows  FAST ESP 5.3
 Social Networking (for authenticated FAST Search Designer
 Social Networking (for authenticated 
users)
users)  Interaction Management Services (IMS)
 Search
 Search  Content Transformation Services (CTS)
 InfoPath Services
 Languages (all)
 SharePoint Business Intelligence (Excel
Licensing Services and PerformancePoint)  Connectors (all)
 Access Services
 Single Domain License for Internet or  Visio Services
Extranet Use  Rights for FAST Search for SharePoint (for
 A license is required for every server use outside the firewall)***
(WFE, SSA, Index) providing standard
capabilities Licensing
 Step-up SKU to Enterprise is available to
customers with active SA**  Multiple Domain License for Internet or
Extranet Use
 A license is required for every server (WFE,
SSA, Index) providing enterprise
capabilities
 Customers will require a completely new
license of FIS Enterprise if a customer only
purchased the license to FIS Standard

18. Extranet Scenarios

19. Extranets Defined
Extranets are Websites that connect
organizations to employees, partners, vendors,
and customers—providing a secure, engaging
and personalized interaction with people,
information, applications and business
processes.

20. Extranet Business Goals
• Reduce supply chain inefficiencies
• Interact with your loyal customer base
• Extend customer self service strategies
• Share business resources with partners
• Enable mobile capabilities
• Extend remote employee access

21. Business Challenges – Extranet Benefits
Competitive Advantage Cost Reduction Business Growth
Challenge Challenge Challenge
 Limited insights into partner  Inefficient partnervendor  Limited customer insights to
initiatives workflow processes future marketing initiatives
 Team Collaboration across  Support costs for customer  Time to marketing latency
locations and time zones service teams  24/7 customer access to
 Limited accessibility to  Attracting diverse remote personalized offerings
partner resources mobile employee talent pool
Benefits Benefits Benefits
 Real-time sharing of  Enabled workflow  Trusted customer feedback
business intelligence processing for streamlined on goods and services
 Anytime partner site interactions offerings
collaboration strategies  Customer self-service  Centralized content
 Segregate and protect opportunities publishing access
sensitive shared business  Comprehensive access to  Mobile customer access to
resources shared resources and LOB targeted services
applications

22. Extranet Scenarios
• Collaboration or Publishing Portal
• Internet Web Site Members Only Area
• Board of Directors’ Portal
• Complex

23. Collaboration or Publishing Portal
• Team sites for collaboration
• Publishing sites for private web content
publishing

24. Internet Web Site Members Only Area
• Public web site with a private members area
• Forms-based authentication typically used to
provide a rich login experience
• Self-registration with approvals typically
provided

25. Board of Directors Portal
• Corporate or public sector board of directors
portal
• Small set of users that are typically already
part of the internal corporate domain
• SSL publishing of portal externally

26. Complex Collaboration
• SharePoint Enterprise Features
 InfoPath Forms Services
 SharePoint Business Intelligence
(Excel Services and PerformancePoint)
 PowerPivot
 Access Services
 Visio Services
 FAST Search for SharePoint

27. Supporting Products

28. • Easy delegation of user management to business
• Self-registration, approvals, forgotten password reset
• Single URL and sign-on for AD

29. Four Categories of Users
Internal Managed Managed Federated
Users AD Users SQL Users Users

37. Main Components
• Administration console
• Used by IT to configure EUM
• Used by the business to manage users and groups
• End User
• Components that the Extranet users see
• Login, disclaimer, change password, forgotten password
• Registration
• Allow users to self-register
• Support approval workflows

42. Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint
• Scans documents being uploaded or
downloaded through SharePoint
• Prevents out-of-policy content with keyword
filtering

43. Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010
• URL filtering
• Network Inspection System
• Web Anti-Malware
• HTTPS Inspection

44. Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010
• Endpoint management
• Direct Access
• Multi-factor authentication

45. Case Studies

46. Collaboration or Publishing Portal

47. Internet Web Site Members Only Area

48. Board of Directors Portal

49. Complex Collaboration
• SharePoint Enterprise Features
 InfoPath Forms Services
 SharePoint Business Intelligence
(Excel Services and PerformancePoint)
 PowerPivot
 Access Services
 Visio Services
 FAST Search for SharePoint

50. Links
• www.envisionit.com
• blog.petercarson.ca
• www.envisionit.com/eum
• www.envisionit.com/CaseStudies/Pages/CaseStudies_Solutio
n_Extranets.aspx
• Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint
• Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010
• Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010

51. Questions?