ISGframework for iMIS-SharePoint Integration
ISGframework provides tight integration between iMIS and SharePoint 2010. With
this integration, associations can use information already existing in iMIS to
manage authentication, security, and other SharePoint capabilities and functions.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2010 offers many out-of-the-box Web
2.0 features that are valuable for creating sophisticated sites that encourage
member participation, such as shared document libraries, group calendars, blogs,
wikis, content management, task lists, alerts, meeting workspaces, versioning and automated approvals.
Through integration with iMIS, associations can use the full power of SharePoint
to provide easily accessible, private online workspaces to support collaboration
and information sharing, while using their centralized iMIS database to drive the
security and profile management of the users accessing those sites.
ISGweb Framework consists of the following components:
- Integrated iMIS-based user authentication
- Groups management
- One-click creation of SharePoint workspaces
- Automatic update of SharePoint security groups
- Web parts for iMIS-driven functionality in SharePoint sites
Integrated iMIS-based user authentication
ISGframework includes seamless login integration between SharePoint and iMIS.
iMIS profile data is used to populate SharePoint's security groups and keep them
updated dynamically, creating privacy for site data. This login integration includes the following:
- Forms-based authentication: ISG has configured Microsoft SharePoint to use the
usernames and passwords maintained in iMIS, and to authenticate the user directly from iMIS data.
- Unified login: The SharePoint login is also unified with the association's
public website authentication system. In this way, association members can automatically
get access to their applicable SharePoint sites using their current login and profile,
without having to login again.
- Populate SharePoint "people": When a SharePoint user selects from a list of
users to reference, (e.g. for tasks, approvals and invitation to participate in
a team site), the SharePoint-generated list of names is populated directly from
the iMIS database, and is linked to the contact's iMIS ID.
Groups Management
Groups Management is a set of utilities that allow an authorized association
staff member to define constituent groups based on queries of iMIS data. These
groups can be used to create dedicated group websites, discussion groups, and
security groups. Groups Management consists of the following components:
- Administrative staff site: The Groups Management utilities are accessible from
a dedicated Administrative Staff site that is part of ISGframework. This
secure site allows the association's system administrator to monitor the whole
system, customize it and generate reports.
- Pre-defined group types: ISGframework's concept of "groups" can refer to any subset
of the association's constituents that can be defined by a query of its iMIS
data - groups such as councils, chapters, sections, conference registrants,
speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, advocacy groups, committees and member types.
- Create multiple groups at once: The queries defined for each Group Type are
used by Groups Management to automate the creation of multiple groups of the
same type, all at once. So groups can be automatically defined for all chapter
codes, all conference registrants, all SIGs, at the click of a button.
- Individual group setup options: Once the groups have been created, the
administrator can override setup options for individual groups to accommodate
exceptions. For example, the administrator can invite specific individuals into
the group or designate members as moderators.
One-click creation of SharePoint workspaces
- Create Workspaces: The system administrator can automatically create a new SharePoint workspace for one or more groups defined in Groups Management, by
clicking a single button on the Groups Management form.
- SharePoint Site Templates: Any SharePoint site template – standard or custom –
can serve as the site creation template for each new group site.
Automatic update of SharePoint security groups
SharePoint security groups are based on ISGframework Groups. The iMIS queries defined
for each Group Type, combined with any exceptions made for that group, are used
by ISGframework to define the Microsoft SharePoint security groups.
- Automatic roster update: As iMIS events cause changes in group membership, the
group type queries keep the membership of the security groups automatically
updated.
- Real-time access control: Access to any particular SharePoint website is
determined by a real-time query to determine whether the user belongs to the
iMIS group that owns that workspace.
Web parts for iMIS-driven functionality in SharePoint sites
ISGframework includes several iMIS integration web parts that can be added
to group sites to provide group-specific iMIS information.
- Group Directory: This web part provides a searchable member directory that is
automatically restricted to a specific group. This is especially valuable for associations
that want to provide directories for local chapters or federated societies, without requiring
the user to specify which group they want to search.
- iMIS-Integrated Calendar: This web part allows the association to enhance its
standard SharePoint calendar functions by including iMIS-defined events that are
appropriate for this group.
- iMIS-Integrated Personal Calendar: This web part offers a consolidated view of
the user's commitments, including events the user has been invited to or has
registered for via iMIS.
- My Group Sites: This web part provides a personalized list of hyperlinks to
Group sites that the user is allowed to access.
- My Colleagues: This web part displays a personalized list of all the
association members who belong to the same company as the user. This provides an
easy way for the individual to identify colleagues within the association
groups.
- PageViewer: For associations that also have ISGweb,
this web part lets the association incorporate any ISGweb form into any SharePoint site.
It passes the user's ID to the ISGweb module, so the functionality is the same
within SharePoint group sites as in the public website.
Links to more information about ISGweb for iMIS:
Fact sheet (PDF, 1.05 MB)
ISGweb for iMIS FAQ
ISGweb architecture
Why Software as a Service (SaaS) is better
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