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F5 and Microsoft offerings
· BIG-IP ® Local Traffic Manager™
· BIG-IP ® Access Policy Manager™
· BIG-IP ® Application Security Manager™
· BIG-IP ® WebAccelerator™
· Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
F5 and MicrosoftSOLUTION OVERVIEW
Fast Track Your Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Network
Overloaded servers and congested networks can slow Microsoft SharePoint Server application performance, leading to decreased user productivity. It can also be challenging to provide safe access to SharePoint users on mobile devices because of security vulnerabilities that are easily exploited over the Internet. F5 can help overcome these challenges with a complete suite of application delivery technologies designed to provide a highly scalable, responsive, and secure SharePoint deployment.
Increase Responsiveness
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) reduces the burden on servers by monitoring SharePoint Server responsiveness across multiple ports and protocols, driving intelligent load balancing decisions.
CPU-intensive cryptographic calculations such as those used by SSL to encrypt web traffic can affect server performance. SSL processing can be up to five times more computationally expensive than clear text for the same level of performance. The shift from using 1024-bit certificates to 2048-bit certificates will exacerbate this situation. You can dramatically increase server availability to respond to SharePoint user requests by offloading SSL processing to BIG-IP LTM.
F5 also accelerates HTTP/S traffic for SharePoint, reducing page load times and document transfer times using BIG-IP WebAccelerator policies that are customized for the type of SharePoint environment in use. The greater the WAN latency and bandwidth constraints, the greater the improvement with F5. Faster performance of SharePoint applications means a better user experience and increased user productivity.
Secure Mobile Device Access
SharePoint is a business-critical application for many organizations, and users expect to have access to SharePoint from anywhere, using devices such as smartphones and tablets. F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) and BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM) provide a unified platform for securing SharePoint on the Internet as well as authenticating and authorizing users accessing the application from various devices. With F5 products, you can design, deploy, and enforce a unified security policy that protects devices, users, and application services such as SharePoint Server 2010.
To find out more about how F5 and Microsoft joint solutions can help your business,
contact [email protected] or visit the Microsoft solutions page.
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Case studies
College Enhances Learning
Environment and Safety with a
Flexible F5 Solution
Consulting Firm Avoids Significant
Infrastructure Costs, Improves
Application Availability
Mobile Users
Branch Office Users
Wireless Users
User Directories
Data Center
DMZ
Firewall
Firewall
Firewall
Internet
Internal LANVLAN1
Internal LANVLAN2
LAN Users
BIG-IP Edge Client
BIG-IP Edge Client
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BIG-IP Edge Client
BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager + Access Policy Manager
+Application Security Manager
Data Center Resources
SharePoint Web Front End Farm
SQL Database Cluster
ApplicationServers
BIG-IPLocal Traffic Manager
Get a unified, complete set of policy options to accelerate and secure SharePoint access regardless of user device or network access requirements with BIG-IP APM and BIG-IP ASM.
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