Click OK to accept the settings. Add a Page Library for the Dashboards In the SharePoint site that was created during the previous navigate to Site Actions New Document Library. a name and description for the document library. Specify whether to a link for the document library in the quick launch left navigation pane. Leave version history settings off, as dashboard pages do not require version tracking. For Document Template select the Basic page template. Click Create for the document library to be created. Alternate Access Mappings The following steps walk through the configuration of SharePoint Server Alternate Access Mappings for the web application hosting the sites with PerformancePoint Services dashboards. Alternate Access Mappings are necessary when the URL to access the web application externally is different than the URL to access the web application internally. Add a public URL for the Internet zone In SharePoint Central Administration navigate to System Settings Configure alternate access mappings. By default, all AAM collections are shown. Change the AAM Mapping Collection by clicking the Show All drop-down menu and choosing Change Alternate Access Mapping Collection. Select the collection matching the web application that was created for the dashboards. In our lab this is Northwind Traders Portal. Click the Edit Public URLs link. Add the URL that users will type when browsing for the site on the public Internet to the Extranet field. In our lab the URL is https://portal.nwtraders.com. This will add an Alternate Access Mapping containing “https://portal.nwtraders.com” as both the Internal and Public URLs for the zone. Click Save to accept the settings. Add SSL Certificate to the web application in IIS Windows Server 2008 Obtain a server certificate from a publicly trusted certification authority that matches the published name of your site. For our lab, the certificate is for portal.nwtraders.com.
Click OK to accept the settings. Add a Page Library for the Dashboards In the SharePoint site that was created during the previous navigate to Site Actions New Document Library. a name and description for the document library. Specify whether to a link for the document library in the quick launch left navigation pane. Leave version history settings off, as dashboard pages do not require version tracking. For Document Template select the Basic page template. Click Create for the document library to be created. Alternate Access Mappings The following steps walk through the configuration of SharePoint Server Alternate Access Mappings for the web application hosting the sites with PerformancePoint Services dashboards. Alternate Access Mappings are necessary when the URL to access the web application externally is different than the URL to access the web application internally. Add a public URL for the Internet zone In SharePoint Central Administration navigate to System Settings Configure alternate access mappings. By default, all AAM collections are shown. Change the AAM Mapping Collection by clicking the Show All drop-down menu and choosing Change Alternate Access Mapping Collection. Select the collection matching the web application that was created for the dashboards. In our lab this is Northwind Traders Portal. Click the Edit Public URLs link. Add the URL that users will type when browsing for the site on the public Internet to the Extranet field. In our lab the URL is https://portal.nwtraders.com. This will add an Alternate Access Mapping containing “https://portal.nwtraders.com” as both the Internal and Public URLs for the zone. Click Save to accept the settings. Add SSL Certificate to the web application in IIS Windows Server 2008 Obtain a server certificate from a publicly trusted certification authority that matches the published name of your site. For our lab, the certificate is for portal.nwtraders.com.
ConfiguringExtranetAccessForPerformancePointServices2010.docx