Extranets and Intranet Planning Resources with WSS v3 & SharePoint Server 2007
Planning, Designing & Securing an Extranet and Internet Facing WSSv3 and SharePoint Server 2007 Environments
Note: Many of these resources require the beta 2 control or that your client is running Office 2007 beta 2 or higher. You can download the and install the control to access the documents.
Administrator Documentation
First get familiar with the administrator documentation
Windows SharePoint Services (version 3)
Office SharePoint Server 2007
Security & Hardening Guide
The most important document is the security guide which was written for both WSS v3 & Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Plan & Design Security for WSSv3 & SharePoint 2007
Here are some sections from the guide:
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Server Farm Security
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Secure Communication: IPSEC & SSL
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Server hardening
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Application server recommendations
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Secure communication with the SQL Database
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Single sign-on hardening requirements
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Restricting DCOM Ports
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Service requirements for e-mail integration
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Service requirements for session state
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Windows SharePoint Services/Office SharePoint Server services
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Accounts and Groups
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Web.config file
Planning Architecture & Design
Some new sections were recently posted to TechNet. There are quite a few sections missing here. From here you can navigate to related WSS or Project Server content.
· Planning and architecture for Office SharePoint Server 2007
· Plan overall design
· Plan site structure and navigation (Office SharePoint Server)
Operations
Key operational sections that relate to any environment. Some of the sections are missing. Use the navigation to see related WSS sections. Don't be disapointed by missing sections here.
· Operations for Office SharePoint Server 2007
· Office SharePoint Server 2007 Administration
· Office SharePoint Server 2007 Backup and Restore
· Office SharePoint Server 2007 Monitoring
Security and protection for Office SharePoint Server 2007
Authentication
Plan Authentication Methods
This article describes the authentication methods that are supported by Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
In this article:
Plan Authentication Settings
This article presents the authentication configuration settings that need to be planned for individual Web applications in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services.
In this article:
Resource Models
These files are poster-sized documents created in Microsoft Office Visio. If you do not have Visio installed, you can download a free viewer. A plotter works best for printing these files.
Infrastructure Platform Models
Model: Windows SharePoint Services Base Topologies
Model: Office SharePoint Server Baseline Site Hierarchies
Model: Office SharePoint Server Application Security
Model: Office SharePoint Server Database Administration
Model: Office SharePoint Server Backup and Restore
Internet & Extranet Models
Model: Office SharePoint Server Extranet Topologies
Model: Office SharePoint Server Enterprise Content Management
Scenarios
These files are poster-sized documents created in Microsoft Office Visio. If you do not have Visio installed, you can download a free viewer.
You won’t use all of these, but they may be useful in planning.
Enterprise Content Management - Customer Engagement Cycle
Large Corporate Internet Site (Infrequent Changes to Web Content)
Online News Internet Site (Frequent Web Content Updates and Searching)
Office SharePoint Server Out-Hosted Portal Sites (ASPs)
Office SharePoint Server Out-Hosted Portal Sites (ASPs)
Windows SharePoint Services Partner Web (Extranet)
IT Department Hosting of Windows SharePoint Services Sites (inc extranet)
ISP Hosting of Windows SharePoint Services Sites
InfoPath Forms Services Customer Interaction Form
Web Casts & Conference Sessions
The web casts are overviews. The PPTs are available below, but the SharePoint Conference Sessions audio/video can be viewed from the SharePoint Conference DVD.
Web Casts
Microsoft Web Cast - Preparing for Web Content Management with Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Arpan Shah & Manish Sharma
Microsoft Web Cast - Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Overview & What’s New – Mike Fitzmaurice
Web Content Management
SharePoint Conference 2006 ECM220: Building an Internet-Facing Web Site Using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Perantatos
SharePoint Conference 2006 ECM318: Migrating Your Content Management Server 2002 Web Sites To Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Butler
Extranets & Topologies
SharePoint Conference 2006 COL308: Extranets And Internet Facing Environments In The Real World – Oleson & Ofori
SharePoint Conference 2006 ADM303: Windows SharePoint Services And Office SharePoint Server Administration Part 2 Advanced Topologies
Groove
SharePoint Conference 2006 COL204: Why Groove 2007 - Lowell
Security & Authentication
SharePoint Conference 2006 ADM204: Security And SharePoint: From Service Accounts to Item-Level Access - Sturms
Other References
Related SharePoint 2007 Product Guides
Enjoy,
Joel Oleson
Sr Technical Product Manager
