ActiveShareFS 2007 delivers Single Sign On and federated access in Microsoft SharePoint 2007

Oct. 28, 2009 - PRLog -- ActiveShareFS 2007 is a Microsoft ASP.NET compliant drop-in software solution for enabling secure inter-institutional collaboration between trusted partners using the Microsoft SharePoint 2007 platform. Product website: http://www.9starresearch.com/products/asfs2007-professional .

The ActiveShareFS solutions enables collaboration by enabling secure federated access and Single Sign-On (SSO) in Microsoft SharePoint 2007 server. ActiveShareFS 2007 uses open industry standards such as Shibboleth and SAML for achieving SSO access. SAML is the security assertion markup language industry standard backed by OASIS members.

ActiveShareFS 2007 provides a flexible and scalable solution for enabling secure external authentication in Microsoft SharePoint 2007. In addition, it automatically provisions users into SharePoint from authorized trusted partner institutions based on configured business rules for access. As a result, only trusted users from trusted partner organizations are provisioned into SharePoint and given appropriate level of access to secure parts of the SharePoint server.

Trusted users from remote Shibboleth or SAML Identity Providers are automatically provisioned into SharePoint 2007 server based on configured business rules. Using ActiveShareFS 2007, the Shibboleth/SAML user attributes can be mapped automatically into Sharepoint for enabling access management in SharePoint. Access can be managed based on username, full name, role, affiliation, and other user attributes.

One reason ActiveShareFS solution is so popular is that no software programming is required for integration with Microsoft SharePoint 2007. Just install and configure the ActiveShareFS software and you are ready to go!!

KEY FEATURES OF ACTIVESHAREFS 2007:

* Use Shibboleth/SAML as secure external authentication source
* Automatic provisioning of external user accounts in SharePoint2007 based on business rules
* Control access based on Roles, Usernames, Entitlements and SAML user attributes
* Configure secure external authentication sources
* Supports Browser initiated Microsoft Office Client integration and WebDAV
* Supports and protects multiple web applications, site collections and websites
* Provides detailed rolling logs for accounting purposes
* Works with standard off the shelf Shibboleth SP v1.3+ and v2.0+
* Open standards compliant: SAML1.1 and SAML2
* No software programming required!!

CUSTOMER BENEFITS FROM USING ACTIVESHAREFS 2007 PROFESSIONAL

* Reduced SharePoint administration costs. No need to manually create user accounts anymore. Configure business rules once and let ActiveShareFS take care of the rest.
* Reduced help desk operations costs and Reduced potential liabilities. User credentials are no longer managed by the SharePoint site administrators and owners.
* Improved user satisfaction!! Single sign-on for end-users helps them sign-in to SharePoint using their home organization provided credentials.
* Faster time to market SharePoint based Services to customers.

ActiveShareFS 2007 has been deployed worldwide in higher education, government, healthcare, energy, defense, homeland security and commercial markets helping customers achieve maximum returns on their Microsoft SharePoint 2007 investments.

ActiveShareFS 2007 solution is available in two different forms:
* ActiveShareFS 2007 Standard Edition, and
* ActiveShareFS 2007, Professional Edition

For more information, please visit the following websites:

ActiveShareFS 2007 Professional: http://www.9starresearch.com/products/asfs2007-professional
ActiveShareFS 2007 Standard: http://www.9starresearch.com/products/asfs2007-standard

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9STAR RESEARCH INC, is a software company providing high value software solutions to academic, healthcare, energy, commercial and government customers worldwide. The company offers industry leading products such as ActiveShareFS 2007, ProntoFS, ProntoLA, SAM 2009, ProtectNetwork, and DiscoverMe as well as Information Technology services in the area of Federated Access, Shibboleth, SAML, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Active Directory, and advanced Microsoft, Linux and JAVA technologies.

ActiveShareFS, DiscoverMe, and ProtectNetwork are registered trademarks of 9STAR RESEARCH INC.