A SharePoint extranet portal, which may be referred to as a Customer Portal,  is an excellent way to establish connections and share information with customers, dealers, distributors, suppliers, or trading partners and save your company both time and money. Because they are based on a web interface, SharePoint extranet portals have proven to be user-friendly, secure way to manage transactional business activities and provide useful, transparent interaction with your customers and external trading partners.

The collaboration that an enterprise web portal provides can accelerate the supply chain, while improving accuracy, quality, communication, and relationships. An extranet enterprise web portal can help you:

• Exchange large volumes of data
• Share product catalogs exclusively with trade partners or wholesalers
• Allow your customers to order your products or track an order online
• Allow customers to review their account information, distribute billing, and accept payments
• Collaborate with other companies on joint development efforts
• Share or distribute training programs or materials with other companies
• Share news, calendars, and documents with your customers exclusively 

	Fox Valley Technical College Criminal Justice Portal for Federal Programs Overview: Fox Valley Technical College is one of the leading national training providers and educators in law enforcement today. They provide expert training and technical assistance to thousands of law enforcement investigators, prosecutors, judges, corrections officers, child protection workers, tribal community leaders, broadcasters, and journalists globally. The Criminal Justice Portal features: Six different sections, one for each program The programs can all list public information as well as information that is password protected or based on various user roles Calendars of upcoming events and announcements for each program site Calendar and content roll-up web parts to summarize the information and present it in one list on the home page of the portal Security that can be audited by administrators General document management functionality to share documents publically and secure documents for logged in users Technology: .NET, SQL Server, SharePoint 2007 Services Provided: Custom Development, SharePoint Installation, SharePoint Configuration Website: www.thecjportal.org
	SoftwareONE Extranet Overview: SoftwareONE is a software licensing organization based out of Stans, Switzerland, providing customers around the world software licensing support. The SoftwareONE extranet caters to 3 target audiences: Customers: Provides customers with the ability to search and purchase products and create quotes online. Users can adjust the sections for which they have access. An electronic approval workflow was added for quotes and orders that require management approval. Partners: Provides partners with the ability to view information regarding their customers View reports and agreements partners hold with their customers Utilizes Silverlight functionality to quickly sort and analyze data. Data can be exported to further analyze the information if needed. Ability to access customer information, documents, opportunities and sales transactions. Publishers/Manufacturers of Software: Ability to access to and run reports on sales and sales in the pipeline. For example, Microsoft Corporation can see how much Microsoft software was purchased. The SoftwareONE extranet handles currency conversion taxes and languages for over a dozen different countries. The site also allows the distribution of company and customer news. Technology: .NET, SQL Server, SharePoint, SSRS Reporting Services Provided: Custom Development, SharePoint Installation, SharePoint Configuration