Building Portals, Intranets, and Corporate Web Sites Using Microsoft Servers

Attributes of Portals

Each type of portal offers a unique set of features. Most of this book is devoted to explaining portal architecture and offering practical guidance on how to build portals using Microsoft .NET.

I am proposing a single overarching architecture for all portals, assuming that you may pick and choose the features you would like to include in your portal. This unified architectural approach simplifies application development within the enterprise and shares investments in hardware, software, and security architecture. It also lends itself to Microsoft's portal strategy, which takes a holistic view of the portal in the context of larger information technology (IT) initiatives. These combined portal features include:

• A consistent ...