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Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 Extranet

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by thomasalex80

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Hi there,
I have WSS 3.0 installed on a webserver that sits out on the DMZ zone. If I were to open it out to be able to acess it externally, is there any licensing issue I need to be aware off? Does anyone else have a similar setup in their organization? Any insight will be much appreciated.

Thanks.

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by anas.alam

hi thomas

i too am in a similar position, please let me also know if u get to know about it. moreover i need to create a document repository placed in DMZ which can be access from the INternet too. do i need Microsoft SharePoint Portal server for that or WSS 3.0 would suffice??

any recommedations would be highly appreciated.

thanks and regards
anas
anas.alam@iflexsolutions.com

by jsiegel

I dont think that there are any licencing issues associated with WSS. When putting the full MOSS or Portal out as an extra or inter you will have some serious cost associated with it.

by mrtharp

WSS comes free with Windows Server 2003, but you must have the appropriate licensing for your users. This means if you want a public WSS site every user that will access it must have a CAL associated with their domain account. I'm pretty sure you are doing an internal site that is going to be externally accessible, so that won't be an issue.

On the other hand, DMZ for WSS is a bad choice. A good rule of thumb is that if it uses AD authentication it should not be in the DMZ. For that you would use another authentication provider or an extranet domain. Place the SharePoint server in your network, and publish it externally with your ISA server, and please please please purchase an SSL cert for it.

by carlu

Thom how are you,
The client licensing for anonymous access to Windows Server and SharePoint Services is free when is public and no authentication is required.
In other Words, the crux of the client licensing issue is authentication. If users are authenticated in any way, you need a CAL. That means any exchange of credentials, through logon, IIS authentication?anything?requires a CAL. The only thing that doesn?t require a CAL is anonymous access, such as a wide-open public Internet/Extranet site.

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