Jaime Campos

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Hello - I am running SharePoint 2016 and I've been task to setup a way to have external access to SharePoint. <br />
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Front-End Servers = 2 Servers<br />
Distributed Cache Servers = 2 Servers<br />
Application Servers = 2 Servers<br />
SQL Servers = 1<br />
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What I have read is that the best practice is to leave our SharePoint farm entirely within the Intranet and use a reverse proxy in the DMZ, like WAP + ADFS. We’ll need to open far too many ports between SharePoint and Domain Controllers which will reduce the security of the environment. A reverse proxy is a single port -- tcp/443.<br />
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I am looking for a step-by-step guide on how I can set this up for SharePoint. I truly appreciate your help!
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Hello - I am running SharePoint 2016 and I've been task to setup a way to have external access to SharePoint. 

Front-End Servers = 2 Servers
Distributed Cache Servers = 2 Servers
Application Servers = 2 Servers
SQL Servers = 1

What I have read is that the best practice is to leave our SharePoint farm entirely within the Intranet and use a reverse proxy in the DMZ, like WAP + ADFS. We’ll need to open far too many ports between SharePoint and Domain Controllers which will reduce the security of the environment. A reverse proxy is a single port -- tcp/443.

I am looking for a step-by-step guide on how I can set this up for SharePoint. I truly appreciate your help!

Reverse proxy in the DMZ, WAP + ADFS

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