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Post by marvin on Dec 26, 2007 18:21:10 GMT -6
Wondering if someone can shed light on this. I have Share point Services 3.0 installed on a Windows 2003 R2 unit and my database is in an SQ Server - First of, is Share point accessible outside without configuring the AAM? Can we really host Sharepoint with a stand alone server without using reverse proxy? The IIS Seems to be running because when i type http://server it gives me the usual IIS error. The https://server does not -it gives me a cannot find site error Hopefully someone out there already performed this step and would be happy to share their experience. Inside access is OK - using NTLM security - But we want to expand this so that our Sales and CEO has access to it anytime, anywhere. Thanks in Advance.
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Post by Jay Mueller on Dec 27, 2007 10:24:46 GMT -6
WSS v3.0 can run outside of your network if your network is setup to accomidate such access. It sounds like you need to get a domain setup so users can access the server from an external location. AAM does play a role in that you'll need to setup entries for each accessible location (intranet, extranet, etc...). Internal Access: http://servername External Access: www.domainname.com
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Post by marvin on Dec 27, 2007 22:24:16 GMT -6
Thanks! I will try that. Currently I have our firewall configured to accept incoming queries to a server. Just needed the last key. I'll come back and update when successful..
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Post by churchman on Jan 14, 2008 15:13:46 GMT -6
Another item you will need is an "External Connector License". This is a one time license required to legally open you up for external connections. I had to research this one as I am about 30 days out from opening our sharepoint system up to the outside world. There are a couple different places to get information, here is one: www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/extconnector.mspx
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Post by Jay Mueller on Jan 15, 2008 8:23:22 GMT -6
I think the internet based license is only for MOSS, not WSS?
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Post by churchman on Jan 15, 2008 15:24:32 GMT -6
The External connector is required for either. It's more on the server side issue of legal connection. If internal staff access it only, and they have legal CAL's, then you do not require it. If anyone outside of internal staff is to see it, then that's what triggers the requirement. That's from the Microsoft website information and an associate that just went through a Microsoft licensing audit.
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Post by Jay Mueller on Jan 16, 2008 9:07:20 GMT -6
Here is what I found in the Microsoft Licensing FAQ related to MOSS and WSS: How is Windows SharePoint Services licensed? Windows SharePoint Services is included as part of the Windows Server 2003 server license or is available for download at no additional charge, and it conforms to the Windows Server 2003 licensing model. Since WSS falls under the Windows 2003 Server license agreement I checked the Windows 2003 Server Licensing FAQ (link below). It doesn't say you need the internet license anywhere; infact it only mentions WSS 1 time in the entire FAQ. www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/priclicfaq.mspxWhat are the different editions and how are they licensed: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet sites Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet sites Per Server licensing only. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet Sites is for running extranet and Internet sites and should not be accessed by employees creating, sharing, or collaborating on content which is for internal use only (for example as a corporate intranet). Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet sites includes all the standard and enterprise functionality of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Here is the entire FAQ: office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA101655351033.aspxI'm going to follow up with our licensing guy in the North East and see what he says too. Its aparent that it's not as straight forward because WSS is apart of MOSS.
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Post by mkolias on Mar 7, 2008 13:33:25 GMT -6
I am having the same issues. I am hoping for some help. We are set up to access sharepoint externally but we are using windows authentication for users set up in Active Directory. When I go home and try to access the site I get to the login in screen just fine. When I try to login I get "The Page Can Not Be Displayed." I can only assume this has to do with Windows Authentication outside of the network. Please Help!!!
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Post by churchman on Mar 9, 2008 19:10:44 GMT -6
mkolias - sounds like your host headers and IIS may not be pointing to the right site. I just had this issue, and once I re-adjusted my host header and IIS so that my external address pointed to my correct SP site, everything worked fine.
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Post by churchman on Mar 9, 2008 19:14:45 GMT -6
I'd like to follow up to Jay's post about the external connector license. I have a licensing guy on board and what research we did with Microsoft said basically this: "Properly licensed employees or staff may connect externally to a server within the oganization with no additional licensing required. for NON employees, they would require a license OR you can use an external connector license which is pretty much a blanked external connection license." Jay is right if you are just having employees that are part of the business or organization connect from outside, but if they are not part of the group, they must be licensed or have the EC. www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/overview.mspx
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Post by mkolias on Mar 10, 2008 9:09:19 GMT -6
Churchman - I only have one IP on this box. When I try and set up a header to this in IIS I get "Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)." Thanks any way.
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Post by mkolias on Mar 12, 2008 11:05:06 GMT -6
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Post by Jay Mueller on Mar 15, 2008 8:21:50 GMT -6
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