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Managing Risk on a SharePoint Extranet Portal Replacement Project

Managing Risk on a SharePoint Extranet Portal Replacement Project. Eric B. Geller Landstar System, Inc. The Agenda. What extranet, and why replace the portal Why managing risk was important How risk was managed Key t echnology topics Results.

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Managing Risk on a SharePoint Extranet Portal Replacement Project

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  1. Managing Risk on a SharePoint Extranet Portal Replacement Project Eric B. Geller Landstar System, Inc.

  2. The Agenda • What extranet, and why replace the portal • Why managing risk was important • How risk was managed • Key technology topics • Results

  3. What extranet, and why replace the portal • www.LandstarOnline.com • CA Portal – implemented in 2003 and now end of life

  4. Why managing risk was important • Business value of www.LandstarOnline.com • Major technology replacement • ALSO  upgrade from SQL 2008 to SQL 2012 • ALSO Data Center replacement!

  5. How Risk Was Managed • Project Duration • Contractor Participation • Staff Development • Out-of-the-box • Prototyping

  6. Key Technology Topics • Content • Search • Security • Dashboards • Infrastructure/Disaster Recovery

  7. Key Technology Topics • Content • No Custom Code • SharePoint-driven UI • Portal landing page • Search results page • Prototyping • Cross-site publishing • Basic method

  8. Key Technology Topics • Search • No Custom Code • Heavy use of metadata • Backbone of entire content architecture • Standard search results page • Reused for menu and user search content

  9. Key Technology Topics • Security • Leveraged existing IAM • Claims-based authentication & authorization • Authentication provider: • CA Technologies – SiteMinder • Dev prototyping • Secure token server

  10. Key Technology Topics • Dashboards • View into the business relationship with Landstar • Loads/Freight Bills • Compliance/Opportunities • .NET web applications • Hosted on webservers • Displayed in the SharePoint frames

  11. Key Technology Topics • Dashboards • View into the business relationship with Landstar • Loads/Freight Bills • Compliance/Opportunities • .NET web applications • Hosted on webservers • Displayed in the SharePoint frames

  12. Key Technology Topics • SharePoint Infrastructure & Disaster Recovery • SharePoint Farm • Two SharePoint servers, one App server • SharePoint outages • Menu only option • Infrastructure outages • Disaster recover plan

  13. Results • SharePoint 2013: rock-solid since go-live • No outages attributable to SharePoint • Positive user feedback • Search is invaluable • Dashboards are changing the culture • Content publishing now 100% business • Look & feel a hit

  14. Questions www.LandstarOnline.com

  15. Contact Info Eric B. Geller Landstar System, Inc. egeller@landstar.com

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