Check Ports for Extranet SharePoint Farms with PowerShell
When you create a SharePoint Farm within an extranet you usually have to check ports to other servers within other security layers behind firewalls. Here is a simple script for a quick check. Copy this script to every SharePoint Server and modify the ip addresses. Run the script on the server to see if a port is blocked. <# These values can be modified Enter the IPS of the server Ports from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262849.aspx #> $SERVER_APP = "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" $SERVER_WEBAPPS = @("xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx", "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx") $SERVER_DB = "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" $SERVER_AD = "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" $SERVER_DNS = "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" $SERVER_SMTP = "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" $CLIENT = "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" #IP of a client which should access SharePoint $USE_KERBEROS = $false $USE_NETBIOS = $false $USE_SMTP = $true # bi = bidirectional # out = outbound $CONNECTIONS = @( #SQL ( "out", $SERVER_APP, $S...