Planning and Configuring Extranets in SharePoint 2010

Thinking SharePoint? Think Jornata.

Planning and Configuring
Extranets in SharePoint 2010
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Prepared by Geoff Varosky
Jornata
Jornata
61-63 Chatham Street
Fourth Floor
Boston, MA 02109
Submitted on October 17, 2011

About Me
• Geoff Varosky
– Jornata
• Director, Development & Evangelism
• Father, Hiker, Camper, Musician, Blogger, Speaker
• BASPUG Co-Founder
• SPS Boston Co-Organizer
– Blog : www.sharepointyankee.com
– Email: geoff.varosky@jornata.com
– Twitter: @gvaro
– LinkedIn & Facebook
email: geoff.varosky@jornata.com | web: www.jornata.com | blog: www.sharepointyankee.com | twitter: @gvaro
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Agenda
• Thinking
– What is an extranet?
– Requirements
– SharePoint 2010

• Doing
– Configuration
• SharePoint
• Alternate Access Mappings
• IIS
– Management
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What is an extranet?

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Controlled access from
external networks

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Controlled access from
EXTeRnAl NETworks

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Simple Extranet Example

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Requirements

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Requirements
• What do you REALLY need?
– Who needs access?
– How sensitive is the data?
– How sensitive is your network?
– Budget?

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Requirements

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Requirements
• Who needs access?
– Internal employees only?
• Active Directory
– Internal employees and external users?
• Active Directory
– Additional domain with restricted access
• Active Directory & Forms Based Authentication
– Claims Authentication
– External
• Clients, partners, consultants
– Active Directory
– Forms Based Authentication
– Separate or together?

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Remember this…

You are giving a key
to access your
company’s data in
some form or
another.
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Requirements

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Requirements
• How sensitive is the data & internal network?
– Network & SharePoint
• DMZ
• Separate web application
• Separate farm

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Requirements
• How sensitive is the data & internal network?
– Security
• Secure Certificates (SSL)
• Encryption
• Firewall
– Both hardware and software?
– Content Filtering
– ACLs
• Virtual Private Network
• Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware
• Client-based certificates
• One-time passwords (RSA tokens)
• Biometrics
– Retina, fingerprint, facial structure, hair and blood samples

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SharePoint 2010

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SharePoint 2010
• Versions?
– Foundation up to Enterprise Server 2010
• Claims Based Authentication
– Forms Based Authentication

– Office 365?

– Configuration (and our Demo)
• Create ASP.NET Membership Database
• Configure SharePoint
– Extend Web Application
– web.config settings
– Alternate Access Mappings
• Configure IIS
• Create and Manage Users

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DEMO!

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Managing Users
• IIS
– Must change default role manager and membership providers
each time = DOWNTIME.
– Separate IIS Virtual Web Application
• BCS
– Great way to manage users (passwords, emails, etc.)
– No ability to create users without another layer of logic
• Codeplex
– SharePoint 2010 FBA Pack
• http://sharepoint2010fba.codeplex.com
• 3rd Party…
– DevIt.EU
• http://www.devit.eu/
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Remember this too…
• Test the configuration
• Review security regularly

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Resources
• My blog series
– Part 1 : http://go.gvaro.net/ExtranetsP1

• My Virtual Environment via CloudShare
– SharePoint 2010 Information Worker image
– Configured just about the same as we did here
– On the desktop
• Links to my information
• Link to Extranet
• 14 Day Trial
• Use promo code GEOFF to get first month for $29!
• http://go.gvaro.net/ExtranetsVM3
email: gvarosky@jornata.com | web: www.jornata.com | blog: www.sharepointyankee.com | twitter: @gvaro
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Resources
• Visual FBA configuration by Donal Conlon
– http://go.gvaro.net/oPnAYx

• Extranet tested topologies for SP 2010 Model
– http://go.gvaro.net/SP2010ExtTopMod

• ASP.NET 2.0 Membership Database Reference
– Create, Add Users, etc.
– http://go.gvaro.net/AN2Mbr

• FBA Configuration in SharePoint 2010
– LDAP: http://go.gvaro.net/FBALDAP
– ASP.NET Membership DB: http://go.gvaro.net/FBAANMDB

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Resources
• PeoplePicker Wildcard Search
– http://go.gvaro.net/FBAWildCard

• Helpful Resources for Troubleshooting Membership
Providers
– http://go.gvaro.net/TSMemProv

• “Sign me in automatically” in FBA
– http://go.gvaro.net/pAkDQP

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• Meets 2nd Wednesday/Month
• 6P – 8PM
• Microsoft Waltham & Cambridge
• http://www.bostonsharepointug.org
• Twitter: @BASPUG / #BASPUG

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Q&A

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About Me
• Geoff Varosky
– Jornata
• Director, Development & Evangelism
• Father, Hiker, Camper, Musician, Blogger, Speaker
• BASPUG Co-Founder
• SPS Boston Co-Organizer
– Blog : www.sharepointyankee.com
– Email: geoff.varosky@jornata.com
– Twitter: @gvaro
– LinkedIn & Facebook
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