Category Archives: Best Practices

Improve WorkSite Web Security by Using SharePoint Web Parts

So you’ve decided to use WorkSite Web as your Extranet?  This makes sense as you can control the content in one place, rather than publishing multiple copies to multiple locations.  Anyone that’s been through a litigation hold can appreciate this.  It also makes managing the current version of the official record much easier to maintain.  However, before you prop up a WorkSite Web Server and expose it to the world, take some time to consider the security ramifications.

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Using DNS Aliases in WorkSite

Any WorkSite administrator has most likely been in a situation where a hardware failure or hardware upgade requires changing your configuration settings, then stopping and starting your services for this to take effect.  By proper use of DNS Aliases, you can minimize the amount of user outages and start to create a platform that is “fluid”.

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