Introduction to Access Gateway

Pointsharp Access Gateway is a reverse proxy that enables organizations to publish their applications to their external users in a secure manner. It integrates into Microsoft IIS where it filters and routes traffic, according to the configured policy.

By integrating with a Pointsharp Server, the Access Gateway can provide a plethora of authentication options ranging from traditional password authentication, to contextual authentication, including multiple factors. Furthermore, the Pointsharp Access Gateway is specialized in handling Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Skype for business.

A basic ActiveSync device access procedure

  1. The customer device sends a sync-request to Access Gateway (AG).

  2. AG checks the identity of the user towards the ID Server (PSID): An Authentication.

  3. PSID also checks the identity towards the Directory.

  4. After the device has been authenticated, the device’s rules (defined in PSID) are checked: An Authorization.

  5. These steps have their own modules in the Access Gateway Admin GUI:

    modAuth

    Authentication

    modEASv2

    Authorization

These modules, along with other modules, can perform their own checks within Access Gateway, but the authentication and authorization are always done by the ID Server.

The ID Server verifies that all looks OK before anything is passed on to the Exchange Server. If not OK, the device will either become Blocked or Quarantined.

Support

To receive help about the features, settings, or product, please consider the User guides published under Access Gateway and ID Server, the Support web portal, or the Help view provided in the Admin GUI.