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Virtual Identity Server for SharePoint

(VIS for SharePoint) - Providing a Secure, Manageable Multi-forest SharePoint Solution

Overview

SharePoint is the industry leading business intelligence portal. SharePoint enables organizations to organize, share and collaborate information within a web portal environment. If deployed without the appropriate measures, administration can quickly become a challenge. This leads to a mismanaged deployment with increased cost, complexity and security risks.

The Virtual Identity Server for SharePoint (VIS for SharePoint) provides a solution that extends SharePoint's functionality, enabling organizations to effectively deploy and maintain SharePoint in a secure, manageable fashion that saves time and greatly reduces the total cost of administration.

VIS for SharePoint is built on Optimal IdM's flagship Virtual Identity Server platform. The Virtual Identity Server is built upon Microsoft's .NET and leverages the existing investment Microsoft infrastructure, while extending the capabilities of Active Directory and SharePoint.


SharePoint Challenges

SharePoint is a powerful collaboration tool, but there are many challenges with deploying and maintaining SharePoint.

Highlighted below are just a few of the common challenges that VIS for SharePoint solves quickly and easily.

Multi-forest/User Repository deployments
  • Do your users exist in more than one LDAP directory or user repository?
  • Do your have more than one AD forest?
  • Do you want to deploy SharePoint across more than one forest without setting up a trust?
  • Do you want to deploy SharePoint to both internal users and external users rapidly?

User, Group and Site Administration - Governance
  • Is the administration of SharePoint overwhelming you?
  • Are your AD administrators and SharePoint administrators fighting over administration?
  • Do you lack a single point of administration for your SharePoint deployment?
  • Do you have costly and time consuming manual processes for managing users, groups and permissions?

Audit, Compliance and Reporting
  • Do users have the correct permissions and only the access they need?
  • Do you have the proper audit and compliance reports for SharePoint?
  • Have you failed an audit, or worried about failing an audit?
  • Do you have compliance reports on access/usage of SharePoint?