SharePoint WSRP Consumer

Use the NetUnity SharePoint WSRP Consumer to integrate Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) portlets into Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) including support for WSRP 1.0 and WSRP 2.0 portlets. SharePoint administrators can easily add and configure WSRP portlets and SharePoint end users can simply make use of them as Web Parts. The SharePoint WSRP Consumer is a highly functional, robust and scalable WSRP consumer implementation that allows SharePoint to consume standards-based remote portlets.

Integrate Java Portlets in SharePoint

Large organization utilizing SharePoint as a portal will ultimately run into the problem of trying to integrate Java-based portlets into SharePoint. These portlets can come from acquired businesses, third party software vendors and other external parties. The good news is that many of these Java-based portlets can be exposed as WSRP portlets. Most Java-based portal vendors provide the capability to expose Java portlets as WSRP portlets.

The SharePoint WSRP Consumer can be used to integrate Java-based WSRP portlets into SharePoint by using nothing more than a URL reference and navigating a few simple web forms.

Business Value

The NetUnity SharePoint WSRP Consumer provides the following business benefits:

• maximize the return on investment by expanding SharePoint integration capabilities to include Java-based WSRP portlets
• increase workgroup autonomy and lessen the number of IT projects and requests by promoting the use of SharePoint at local levels throughout the organization
• reduce licensing, training, maintenance and development costs compared to using expensive enterprise portals

WSRP Versions Supported

The SharePoint WSRP Consumer supports the WSRP version 1 and version 2 specifications including all forms of portlet-to-portlet communication and coordination. Supporting both specifications allows you to preserve your investment in version 1 portlets as well as take full advantage and obtain the most benefit from the new features in the version 2 specification.

WSRP Architecture

The SharePoint WSRP Consumer is built using NetUnity's own WSRP .NET Consumer product and is written in fully managed C# code for high performance and high availability. The architecture provides the highest level of asynchronous and parallel processing while adhering to the blocking nature of certain WSRP operations. These capabilities deliver a scalable and robust implementation of WSRP within SharePoint.

Rapid Deployment

The SharePoint WSRP Consumer was designed to be compact for rapid deployment by reducing its file system footprint and eliminating dependencies on specialized non-standard libraries, services and third party components. Deploying the SharePoint WSRP Consumer simply involves installing and activating a SharePoint Feature and having access to a SQL Server database.