SRA Overview | 23Portals OverviewThe SRA appliance provides a mechanism called Virtual Office, which is a Web-based portalinterface that provides clients with easy access to internal resources in your organization.Components such as NetExtender, Secure Virtual Assist, and bookmarks to file shares andother network resources are presented to users through the Virtual Office portal. Fororganizations with multiple user types, the SRA appliance allows for multiple customizedportals, each with its own set of shared resource bookmarks. Portals also allow for individualdomain and security certificates on a per-portal basis. The components in a portal arecustomized when adding a portal.File SharesFile shares provide remote users with a secure Web interface to Microsoft File Shares usingthe CIFS (Common Internet File System) or SMB (Server Message Block) protocols. Usinga Web interface similar in style to Microsoft’s familiar Network Neighborhood or My NetworkPlaces, File Shares allow users with appropriate permissions to browse network shares,rename, delete, retrieve, and upload files, and to create bookmarks for later recall. Fileshares can be configured to allow restricted server path access.Custom PortalsSRA appliances let you configure multiple portals, each with its own title, banner, loginmessage, logo and set of available resources. Each portal also enables you to set individualVirtual Hosts/Domain Names to create a unique default portal URL. When a user logs intoa portal, he or she sees a set of pre-configured links and bookmarks that are specific to thatportal. You can configure whether or not NetExtender is displayed on a Virtual Office portal,and if you want NetExtender to automatically launch when users log in to the portal. Theadministrator configures which elements each portal displays through the Portal Settingswindow. For information on configuring portals, refer to the “Portals > Portals” section onpage 129.Domains OverviewA domain in the SRA environment is a mechanism that enables authentication of usersattempting to access the network being serviced by the SRA appliance. Domain types includethe SRA internal LocalDomain, and the external platforms Microsoft Active Directory, NTAuthentication, LDAP, and RADIUS. Often, only one domain will suffice to provide authenticationto your organization, although a larger organization may require distributed domains to handlemultiple nodes or collections of users attempting to access applications through the portal. Forinformation about configuring domains, refer to the “Portals > Domains” section on page 148.Application Offloading and HTTP(S) Bookmarks OverviewSRA appliances use HTTP(S) bookmarks and application offloading to provide access to Web-based applications running on servers within the intranet. This includes Sharepoint 2007 andthe enhanced versions of commonly-used Web mail interfaces, such as Microsoft OWAPremium and Domino Web Access 8.0.1, 8.5.1, and 8.5.2. Sharepoint 2010 is supported withapplication offloading, but not with HTTP(S) bookmarks.
