Business Portal extends Microsoft Dynamics™ GP, providing a browser interface to securely access back office data over an intranet or an extranet. This distributed computing model brings significant security challenges, with levels of integration between clients, servers, and services. This model requires that security be an integral part of every implementation.

Much of the information in this white paper is discussed in more detail in the Business Portal product documentation, namely, the Business Portal Administrator’s Guide and the Business Portal Installation Guide. These documents are supplied on the product CD. Portal architecture

Microsoft® .NET
At the core of the portal architecture is Microsoft .NET. A general purpose development tool, .NET is ideal for creating web-based applications. It contains the building blocks for creating security-enhanced, role- based applications, using a browser client along with an existing back office solution.

Microsoft Business Framework
The Microsoft Business Framework (MBF) controls access to data from Microsoft Dynamics GP in Business Portal. The Microsoft Business Framework was built using Microsoft .NET, and provides many of the building blocks used to create business applications. Business Portal uses the security features provided by the business framework to ensure that data remains protected and available only to those who have been granted access. These security measures have been implemented in features such as role-based security and Query Web Service. These implementations are described in depth later in this document.

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