Hello all.
I'm on time pressure and
I need a quick answer what is the WebSphere Portal Server?
As I read in overview to WebSphere Portal, the portal - is just a web applic
ation running on WebSphere Application Server. Then what is the WebSphere Po
rtal Server?

PS. Sorry for english.

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Sorry. The subject is: WebSphere Portal Server & WebSphere Application Serve
r.

I found that WebSphere Portal Server is a tool that lets one to create porta
ls and not WebSphere Application Server like.

Is that correct?

PS. I thought that WebSphere Portal Server is an application server with som
e mechanism inside dedicated for portals .

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WebSphere Portal is an J2EE Enterprise Application that runs ontop WebSphere
ApplicationServer instance called "WebSphere_Portal"




"riman" <riman29@mail.ru> wrote in message
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> Sorry. The subject is: WebSphere Portal Server & WebSphere Application
> Server.
>
> I found that WebSphere Portal Server is a tool that lets one to create
> portals and not WebSphere Application Server like.
>
> Is that correct?
>
> PS. I thought that WebSphere Portal Server is an application server with
> some mechanism inside dedicated for portals .
>

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Yes. I know that.
Here is another question. We have to develop somekind of portal. Could we us
e Domino as a document repository and WebSphere portal as an access to docum
ents?

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>Could we use Domino as a document repository and WebSphere portal as an acc
ess to documents?

Sure.  WPS is a Java application.  If you can write a JSP that calls Domino 
and retrieves a list of documents, and if someone picks a document, can open
 that document... then you can use WebSphere Portal Server to do that.

Of course you could just write a Java Web Application and deploy it in WebSp
here Application Server to do the same with the same JSPs - there is no need
 for WebSphere Portal Server in your description.

Be wary of how you will get authenticated users from WebSphere Portal or a W
ebSphere Application Server web app to Domino.  If the users don't match up 
then you may have difficulties.

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Hello, jruske. Thanks for your help.
Yesterday we got a specification for WebSphere Portal Express. It seems that
 it is shipped with WebSphere Application Server. Is that correct?
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We will use LDAP afaik.

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