59.5 Integrating With Microsoft SharePoint Server

You can integrate with Microsoft SharePoint Server by creating a new Web application or site application.

The following overview outlines the tasks that you must perform for this integration and the topics where you will find the steps and details.

The custom membership provider library (OAMCustomMembershipProvider.dll) is packaged and installed with the 10g WebGate for IIS Web Server. You must deploy the library in the global assembly cache of the computer hosting SharePoint Server as outlined next.

Task overview: Integrating with Microsoft SharePoint Server includes

1. Performing prerequisite tasks:

   • Installing "Required Microsoft Components".

   • "Preparing for Integration With SharePoint Server"

2. Creating a new Web application (or site application) in SharePoint Server is described in following topics:

   • "Creating a New Web Application in Microsoft SharePoint Server"

   • Creating a New Site Collection for Microsoft SharePoint Server

3. "Setting Up Microsoft Windows Impersonation" (not used with LDAP Membership Provider).

4. "Completing the SharePoint Server Integration".

5. "Configuring Single Sign-off for Microsoft SharePoint Server".

6. "Synchronizing User Profiles Between Directories".

7. "Testing Your Integration".

59.5.1 Creating a New Web Application in Microsoft SharePoint Server

You can create a New Web Application in Microsoft SharePoint Server with or without LDAP Membership Provider.

You perform this task when integrating with Microsoft SharePoint Server, with or without LDAP Membership Provider.

Prerequisites

Installing Microsoft components. See "Required Microsoft Components".

To create a new Web application in Microsoft SharePoint Server

1. On the host where SharePoint Server is installed, open the Central Administration home page: Start, All Programs, SharePoint Products, SharePoint, Central Administration.
2. From the Central Administration home page, click Application Management.
3. From the Application Management page, Web Applications section, click Manage Web Applications.
4. In the top-left corner, click the New button to create a new web application.
5. Configure the items in Table 59-3 on the Create New Web Application page:

   Table 59-3 Create Web Application Options for Microsoft SharePoint Server

   Section	What You Configure in This Section
   Authentication	In this section you select either Claim Based Authentication or Classic Mode Authentication, as appropriate.
   IIS Web Site	In this section you configure the following settings for your new Web application, as follows: To choose an existing Web site, click Use an Existing Web Site... To create a new site, click Create. In the Port field, enter the port number you want to use to access the Web application. For a new Web site, this field contains a default port number. For an exiting site, this field contains the currently configured port number. In the optional Host Header field, enter the URL for accessing the Web application. In the Path field, enter the path to the directory that contains the site on the server. For a new Web site, this field contains a default path. For an exiting site, this field contains the current path.
   Security Configuration	In this section you configure authentication and encryption for your Web application, as follows: In the Authentication Provider section, select Negotiate(Kerberos) or NTLM, as appropriate. In the Allow Anonymous section, choose Yes or No. A value of Yes allows anonymous access to the Web site by using a computer-specific anonymous access account. The account name is IUSR_computername. In the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) section, choose Yes or No. If you choose to enable SSL for the Web site, you must configure SSL by requesting and installing a certificate.
   Public URL	Enter the URL for the domain name for all sites that users will access in this Web application. This URL domain will be used in all links shown on pages in the Web application. By default, the box is populated with the current server name and port. The Zone field is automatically set to Default for a new Web application and cannot be changed from this page.
   Application Pool	In the Application Pool section, choose whether to use an existing application pool or create a new application pool for this Web application, as follows: To use an existing application pool, select Use Existing Application Pool, then select the application pool you wish to use from the drop-down menu. To create a new application pool, select Create a New Application Pool, and in the Application Pool Name field, type the name of the new application pool, or keep the default name. In the section Select a Security Account for This Application Pool, select Predefined to use an existing application pool security account, then select the security account from the drop-down menu. To use a security account that is not currently being used for an existing application pool, select Configurable, enter the user name of the account you want to use in the User Name field, and enter the password for the account in the Password field.
   Database Name and Authentication	In this section, choose the database server, database name, and authentication method for your new Web application. In the Database Name field, enter the name of the database or use the default entry. In the Database Authentication field, choose whether to use Windows authentication (recommended) or SQL authentication, as follows: If you want to use Windows authentication, leave this option selected. If you want to use SQL authentication, select SQL authentication. In the Account field, type the name of the account that you want the Web application to use to authenticate to the SQL Server database, then type the password in the Password field.
   Failover Server	You can optionally choose to specify a fail-over database server to configure a Fail-over Server.
   Service Application Connections	You can use the default value or choose custom value and optionally select the services you want your web application to connect to.

6. Click OK to create the new Web application, or click Cancel to cancel the process and return to the Application Management page.
7. Proceed with "Creating a New Site Collection for Microsoft SharePoint Server".

59.5.2 Creating a New Site Collection for Microsoft SharePoint Server

You can create a new site collection for Microsoft SharePoint Server with or without LDAP Membership Provider.

To create a new site collection for Microsoft SharePoint Server

1. From the Application Management page, Site Collection section, click Create Site Collections.
2. On the Create Site Collection page, in the Web Application section, either select a Web application to host the site collection (from the Web Application drop-down list), or create a new Web application to host the site collection, as follows:

   Table 59-4 Create a Web Application to Host a Site Collection for SharePoint Server

   Section	What You Configure in This Section
   Quota Template	You can decide to use predefined quota template to limit resources used for this site collection or use "No quota" as appropriate.
   Title and Description	Enter a title and description for the site collection
   Web Site Address	Select a URL type, and specify a URL for the site collection.
   Template	Select a template from the tabbed template control.
   Primary Site Collection Administrator	Enter the user account name for the user you want to be the primary Administrator for the site collection. You can also browse for the user account by clicking the book icon to the right of the text box. You can verify the user account by clicking the check names icon to the right of the text box.
   Secondary Site Collection Administrator (optional)	Enter the user account for the user that you want to be the secondary Administrator for the site collection. You can also browse for the user account by clicking the book icon to the right of the text box. You can verify the user account by clicking the Check Names icon to the right of the text box.

3. Refer to the following topics as you finish this integration:

   • "Setting Up Microsoft Windows Impersonation"

   • "Completing the SharePoint Server Integration"

   • "Configuring Single Sign-off for Microsoft SharePoint Server"

   • "Synchronizing User Profiles Between Directories"

   • "Testing Your Integration"

   See Also:

   "Task overview: Integrating with Microsoft SharePoint Server Configured with LDAP Membership Provider"