The tutorials in this site are based around the development of our own Intranet. This Intranet is located on a Windows 2000 Server as part of a larger group of corporate file servers. The site itself contains around 20,000 documents in a variety of formats, all of which are catalogued using Microsoft Index Server allowing searches to be carried out.

What is an Intranet?

An Intranet is a private, secure space allowing members of your company or group access to shared information. Unlike public web sites, your Intranet is internal allowing you to store information which would be unsuitable for public viewing. Such items could be Competitor Data, Contract Drawings, Financial reports or Intellectual Property and R&D news.

Intranet or Extranet?

An Extranet is simply a Intranet which can be accessed from the Outside world, this may be through the Internet via SSL, a VPN or using specific dial-up accounts. It is important to note however, that an Extranet is still a 'controlled access' site. You decide who can or can not have access to the information within it and those who do may extend to Clients and Suppliers as well as Staff.