Architecture is the foundation phase of building a portal application around which the other portal phases revolve. In the architecture phase you define and plan the way your portal will support your business process by:
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Identifying resources such as web services, portal services, Java controls, data views, remote portals, content management, and search.
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Determining security needs at different points in the processes.
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Designing how different parts of your processes are to be surfaced in a portal user interface.
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Determining if you want to share your portal with remote portals.
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Creating any necessary resources needed for your development efforts
The following guides detail architecture considerations within the portal life cycle:
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