Accessing sharepoint from the Internet

I'm not sure if this is the right newsgroup but...

I have a sharepoint site that when I access from inside the lan, it
authorizes then directs me to my sharepoint server (www.windows2003file.com).

When I access from the internet, it authorizes me but then can't find
www.windows2003file.com which is correct.

MY question is there a way to access my sharepoint site from the Internet.
I'm sure its fairly simple question but I have no idea.

Thanks.

Re: Accessing sharepoint from the Internet

You will need a domain name registered in the public DNS (e.g.
mycompany.com)
You will need to create a hostname for your server in your DNS zone (e.g.
sharepoint)
You will need to point the A record for the host in the DNS to the public IP
address of your sharepoint server e.g.
sharepoint.mycompany.com -> 100.100.100.100

Then you can access your Sharepoint site.

If your sharepoint site doesn't have a public IP address, but you have a
reverse proxy server (e.g ISA Server) at the edge, then point the DNS name
to the public IP of ISA, and create a web publishing rule to forward
requests onto Sharepoint.

Otherwise, you will need to VPN into your internal network. then you can
access internal resources just you could if you were on the LAN

Cheers
Ken

--
My IIS blog: http://adopenstatic.com/blog


"Gordigor" wrote in message
news:B7DC818E-58F2-444E-A579-ED7D12CE985F@microsoft.com...
> I'm not sure if this is the right newsgroup but...
>
> I have a sharepoint site that when I access from inside the lan, it
> authorizes then directs me to my sharepoint server
> (www.windows2003file.com).
>
> When I access from the internet, it authorizes me but then can't find
> www.windows2003file.com which is correct.
>
> MY question is there a way to access my sharepoint site from the Internet.
> I'm sure its fairly simple question but I have no idea.
>
> Thanks.

Re: Accessing sharepoint from the Internet

Just to complemente what Ken said, if you use the ISA solution, which is 98%
of the procedure to follow:
- Make sure ISA is configured to forward the request with the original host
header
- Configure Alternate Access Mapping in SP Central Admin by adding
www.windows2003file.com as Internet zone, since I suppose your server has a
different "physical" host name

Marc

"Ken Schaefer" wrote in message
news:eay#9tglIHA.2304@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> You will need a domain name registered in the public DNS (e.g.
> mycompany.com)
> You will need to create a hostname for your server in your DNS zone (e.g.
> sharepoint)
> You will need to point the A record for the host in the DNS to the public
> IP address of your sharepoint server e.g.
> sharepoint.mycompany.com -> 100.100.100.100
>
> Then you can access your Sharepoint site.
>
> If your sharepoint site doesn't have a public IP address, but you have a
> reverse proxy server (e.g ISA Server) at the edge, then point the DNS name
> to the public IP of ISA, and create a web publishing rule to forward
> requests onto Sharepoint.
>
> Otherwise, you will need to VPN into your internal network. then you can
> access internal resources just you could if you were on the LAN
>
> Cheers
> Ken
>
> --
> My IIS blog: http://adopenstatic.com/blog
>
>
> "Gordigor" wrote in message
> news:B7DC818E-58F2-444E-A579-ED7D12CE985F@microsoft.com...
>> I'm not sure if this is the right newsgroup but...
>>
>> I have a sharepoint site that when I access from inside the lan, it
>> authorizes then directs me to my sharepoint server
>> (www.windows2003file.com).
>>
>> When I access from the internet, it authorizes me but then can't find
>> www.windows2003file.com which is correct.
>>
>> MY question is there a way to access my sharepoint site from the
>> Internet.
>> I'm sure its fairly simple question but I have no idea.
>>
>> Thanks.
>

Re: Accessing sharepoint from the Internet

Thanks for your response. I should have mentioned I'm a developer not a
network specialist so I pretty much have no idea what you just said.

Is there anyway you can explain it in simplier terms? I do have a dyndns.org
pointing to my server (which is how I can authenticate through the internet)
but forward to the local server name. I'm hoping this makes sense.

Thanks for your help.

"Ken Schaefer" wrote:

> You will need a domain name registered in the public DNS (e.g.
> mycompany.com)
> You will need to create a hostname for your server in your DNS zone (e.g.
> sharepoint)
> You will need to point the A record for the host in the DNS to the public IP
> address of your sharepoint server e.g.
> sharepoint.mycompany.com -> 100.100.100.100
>
> Then you can access your Sharepoint site.
>
> If your sharepoint site doesn't have a public IP address, but you have a
> reverse proxy server (e.g ISA Server) at the edge, then point the DNS name
> to the public IP of ISA, and create a web publishing rule to forward
> requests onto Sharepoint.
>
> Otherwise, you will need to VPN into your internal network. then you can
> access internal resources just you could if you were on the LAN
>
> Cheers
> Ken
>
> --
> My IIS blog: http://adopenstatic.com/blog
>
>
> "Gordigor" wrote in message
> news:B7DC818E-58F2-444E-A579-ED7D12CE985F@microsoft.com...
> > I'm not sure if this is the right newsgroup but...
> >
> > I have a sharepoint site that when I access from inside the lan, it
> > authorizes then directs me to my sharepoint server
> > (www.windows2003file.com).
> >
> > When I access from the internet, it authorizes me but then can't find
> > www.windows2003file.com which is correct.
> >
> > MY question is there a way to access my sharepoint site from the Internet.
> > I'm sure its fairly simple question but I have no idea.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>

Re: Accessing sharepoint from the Internet

Hello,

Please find herunder a link to a step-by-step config for ISA and AAM.
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/03/06/what-eve ry-sharepoint-administrator-needs-to-know-about-alternate-ac cess-mappings-part-1.aspx

Marc

"Gordigor" wrote in message
news:BAB42207-D971-43D2-A2DC-F072A749F11A@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your response. I should have mentioned I'm a developer not a
> network specialist so I pretty much have no idea what you just said.
>
> Is there anyway you can explain it in simplier terms? I do have a
> dyndns.org
> pointing to my server (which is how I can authenticate through the
> internet)
> but forward to the local server name. I'm hoping this makes sense.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> "Ken Schaefer" wrote:
>
>> You will need a domain name registered in the public DNS (e.g.
>> mycompany.com)
>> You will need to create a hostname for your server in your DNS zone (e.g.
>> sharepoint)
>> You will need to point the A record for the host in the DNS to the public
>> IP
>> address of your sharepoint server e.g.
>> sharepoint.mycompany.com -> 100.100.100.100
>>
>> Then you can access your Sharepoint site.
>>
>> If your sharepoint site doesn't have a public IP address, but you have a
>> reverse proxy server (e.g ISA Server) at the edge, then point the DNS
>> name
>> to the public IP of ISA, and create a web publishing rule to forward
>> requests onto Sharepoint.
>>
>> Otherwise, you will need to VPN into your internal network. then you can
>> access internal resources just you could if you were on the LAN
>>
>> Cheers
>> Ken
>>
>> --
>> My IIS blog: http://adopenstatic.com/blog
>>
>>
>> "Gordigor" wrote in message
>> news:B7DC818E-58F2-444E-A579-ED7D12CE985F@microsoft.com...
>> > I'm not sure if this is the right newsgroup but...
>> >
>> > I have a sharepoint site that when I access from inside the lan, it
>> > authorizes then directs me to my sharepoint server
>> > (www.windows2003file.com).
>> >
>> > When I access from the internet, it authorizes me but then can't find
>> > www.windows2003file.com which is correct.
>> >
>> > MY question is there a way to access my sharepoint site from the
>> > Internet.
>> > I'm sure its fairly simple question but I have no idea.
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>>
>>