ActiveShareFS 2007 (or ActiveShare Federation Service 2007 or ASFS 2007) is a software drop-in solution that enables external authentication in Microsoft SharePoint 2007 server. ActiveShareFS 2007 automatically provisions users from external trusted institutions based on configured business rules. As a result, only trusted users from trusted partner organizations are given appropriate level of access to secure parts of the SharePoint sites. ActiveShareFS 2007 is an ASP.NET compliant software and works with your existing SharePoint 2007 server that is protected using Shibboleth/SAML open standard.
Customers use ActiveShareFS 2007 to help reduce helpdesk and SharePoint administration costs involved in creating and managing SharePoint users manually. ActiveShareFS 2007 automates and streamlines this process entirely. In addition, SharePoint administrators no longer have to manage external user credentials and password resets, which streamlines their cost and potential liabilities.
ActiveShareFS 2007 is widely deployed in higher education, government, healthcare, energy and commercial markets today thereby helping customers achieve maximum returns on their Microsoft SharePoint 2007 investments.
KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
* Provision users automatically in SharePoint 2007 based on business rules
* Role, Username and Entitlement based access management
* Map allowed users to SharePoint Groups automatically
* Configure external SAML Identity Provider for external authentication
* Use Shibboleth as external authentication provider
* Automatic synchronization of external user information with their SharePoint profiles
* Open standards solution: SAML 2 and SAML 1.1
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