External Access to Project Server

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Erin

I need to grant my users external access to teh project server 2003
environment. We have clients that are outside of the company - therefore
outside of active directory that i realize i'll need to add manually with
username/password - not windows authentication -- but how do i enable them to
be able to see the site - along with the ones that i have using windows
authentication? I'd like everyone to be able to have external internet
access to this.

Thanks in advance

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Jackson T. Cole

By "...the site ...", I assume you mean the Sharepoint Services Team site?

Windows authentication is the only way to give read/write access as far I've
been able to tell. You can enable "anonymous" access site-by-site somehow,
but there appears to be a high level setting in WSS that I can't locate that
turns on those buttons. On my sites, they are disabled.

FWIW ...

JC
 
E

Erin

By the site - I meant the actualy Project Web Access site along with the WSS
site -- I'd like to keep the same permissions per user i've got for the ones
that are win authenticated but i would like them to be able to externally
access the site instead of having to VPN or be on our intranet.

Thanks

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Jackson T. Cole

OK. Then you want to establish a registered, public domain name for the PWA
server, i.e., "mysite.com", or else let everyone know the IP address number.
Instead of "http://psnode/projectserver" as the internal people use inside
your AD domain, the URL is now "http://mysite.com/projectserver", or
"http://n.o.p.q//projectserver", where "n.o.p.q" is the IP address.

The outsiders will need to set up their IE browsers the same as internal
users - "Trusted Sites" has the external addresses entered, and they download
active-x controls upon the first site access.

BTW, I found out how to enable anonymous users in Sharepoint. It's in IIS
management, not Sharepoint site admin! Open IIS manager on the WSS server and
drill down to the "Web Sites" part. Right-click on the folder with the Team
sites' name, and select "Properties". It's in "Directory Security".

FYI.

JC
 
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