Sharepoint hosted outside corporate network - Active Directory Issues
Hi Sharepoint forum network,
The company that I work for has a MOSS instance which is hosted outside the corporate network. Sharepoint user credentials are currently managed via a stand-alone Active Dirctory which is located on the Sharepoint Application server.
This presents issues as the user passwords are set to never expire and the arrangement does not comply with corporate access contol guidelienes.
I was hoping that someone in the forum might have experience / suggestions of the feasibility of the following:
a) Integration of externally hosted Sharepoint instance with corporate Active Directory over a VPN.
b) Suggestions of third party applications that enforce a password policy (password format and password expiry / reset functionality). The application would need to allow users to create and reset their own passowords. The application would need to be available via Sharepoint web interface.
The requried system would allow an administrator to manage user accounts and prompt users to change their passwords on expiry.
Thanks for your assistance.
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- Well one feasible way is to extend the Zone from Default to Extranet for those user accessing it from outside the Corporate Network. Once that is done could use Forms Based Auth (FBA) for the Extranet Zone and thus mitigate your need for Active Directory. If the requirment is to maintain password integrity and strong type,then you can enforce that in the SQL Database that houses the Passwords with Triggers, Constraints and other SQL rules.
