Planning, Designing & Securing an Extranet and Internet Facing WSSv3 and SharePoint Server 2007 Environments
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Note: This content is preview content and much of it is in development. Many of the TechNet sections will become more verbose.
Administrator Documentation
First get familiar with the administrator documentation
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.
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 disappointed by missing sections here.
Plan Authentication Methods
This article describes the authentication methods that are supported by
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services.
In this article:
Plan Authentication Methods
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
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Infrastructure Platform Models
Internet and Extranet Models
Scenarios
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You won’t use all of these, but they may be useful in planning.
Webcasts
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 Content Management
Extranets and Topologies
Groove
SharePoint Conference 2006 COL204: Why Groove 2007 - Lowell
Security and Authentication
SharePoint Conference 2006 ADM204: Security And SharePoint: From Service Accounts to Item-Level Access - Sturms
Other References
Related SharePoint 2007 Product Guides
Planning Worksheets
Flowcharts
2003 Extranet Deployment Documentation and Webcasts
Generic Security Webcasts
Related Blog
Bob German’s (Microsoft Training Center) post on Extranet support in 2007
Enjoy!
Joel Oleson
Senior Technical Product Manager
