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CA SiteMinder Components used with SharePoint

The CA SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint solution contains the following SiteMinder components in a specific configuration designed to protect SharePoint resources.

Policy Server

The Policy Server acts as the Policy Decision Point (PDP). The Policy Server evaluates and enforces access control policies, for requests made to resources protected by agents, such as the CA SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint.

Agent for SharePoint

The Agent for SharePoint is a stand-alone server that provides a proxy-based solution for access control. The agent acts as the policy enforcement point (PEP), standing in the network topology physically between the user and the resource on the SharePoint server.

Claims Provider

The CA SiteMinder Claims Provider is used for configuring particular claim values to grant permissions to SharePoint resources. The Claims Provider is packaged as a SharePoint solution (WSP file) with its feature receiver.

Note: Upgrade any SiteMinder components in your environment that do not meet the minimum versions.