Hoping for some direction. I am a fish out out of water with networking but a fast learner with some time on my hands. I have read for days and but don't know where to start. We have an intranet setup at our office with sharepoint 2003. We want to start over with sharepoint 2007 and allow our other 2 locations to have access to our files through the internet. We will have a total of about 10 computers altogether on the network including the remote users. We will be using Windows Server 2003. I am unsure of the type of security we will need. Will a router with a firewall built in be sufficient? Currently our server is a single machine. Can we still accomplish our goals with this one machine or do we need to have a front end and a back end setup. I have researched for days and decided it can't hurt to ask. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. All the best, john

and allow our other 2 locations to have access to our files through the internet. The easiest, and safest, way to do this is with VPN's. A VPN capable device at each end (either a router with the capability built in or a dedicated VPN device) can be used to create an encrypted tunnel between sites allowing them to do exactly what you wish with maximum security. Since you have several locations, I'm going to assume this is all the same company. If this is correct, your best bet may to be to build yourself a Windows Active Directory integrated domain that spans all sites. Have your main office be the "main" site with dual (redundant) DC's. Put a DC in each remote location so users there can authenticate locally. From the sounds of it, you're going to need to hire a consultant. Look around, get quotes, ask questions and most importantly, get business references. By that I mean, the names and contact info of businesses this person has done work for in the past.