SharePoint QA
genet
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We have a SharePoint intranet, and have now embarked on a separate project to create a website. In the future there may be a need to have a login link from the web page to a section of the intranet (for customers, for example.)
Is this possible? Has anyone done it? Any advice?
Yes, people do it all the time. The concept is called "forms based authentication."
It's definitely an administrator / technical undertaking.
If you search around for "FBA" you'll find a lot of information.
I forgot about the "advice" part...
I would focus first on the data needs of this external community. Do they need specific access to *everything*?
Do they need access to just one site collection? If yes, that may be overall easier to manage.
Will you allow them to self-register?
Can they change their password?
How will you manage their access overall? One person to manage it or will individual site owners manage it?
I would story board it out and place yourself firmly in the shoes of these external users. Figure out what they would want/need to do in terms of security and access and only then dive into the technical bits.
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