How does Sharepoint Server collaboration work for 2 different domains?

Question

We are using 2 domains and would like to collaborate using sharepoint server. how are we going to do this? without inviting those in the 2nd domain in the sharepoint server?

Answer 1

Hi @Karla Habulan

As long as all service accounts used to run services on each server in the farm are from the domain trusted (DOMAINB) by the DMZ domain it should work. Seeing as servers only talk to each other using services, as long as these services run under accounts from the same domain (DOMAINB, because DOMAINA can authenticate user from that domain and not the other way around), all access to services running on another machines will be done using credentials that can be authenticated either internally (DOMAINB -> DOMAINB) or over the 1-way domain trust (DOMAINA -> DOMAINB).

Just experiment first with 1 WFE and 1 APP server. Installing a server scripted is dead easy using AutoSPInstaller. If it doesn't work, use TMG as a proxy to "publish" your site from the internal network in the DMZ.

Here is a blog for you to reference

http://szahmed.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog&view=entry&id=10&Itemid=1

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