How to deploy ADSelfService Plus over the internet?

Description

Deploying ADSelfService Plus over the internet will allow end-users who are on the move to access the tool from anywhere, anytime.

Resolution

Register an IP address (say 64.12.13.11) and a public hostname (like ADSelfService.yourdomain.com) with your Service Provider.
The IP address for "ADSelfService.yourdomain.com" should resolve to "64.12.13.11". (This will be predominantly handled by the Service Provider)
Configure Firewall rules (or access-list in router) redirecting "http" requests for IP address "64.12.13.11" to the LAN IP address "192.168.200.254".

Now, users should be able to access ADSelfService Plus with the public hostname you have created.

You can let external users connect to ADSelfService Plus using the "www" host name by creating an alias or CNAME record for the DNS server on which you have configured IIS. To do this, follow these steps:

Open DNS Manager: Start --> Administrative Tools --> DNS
In the console tree, right-click the applicable Forward Lookup Zone, and then click New Alias (CNAME)
In the Alias name box, type the alias name that you want to use
In the Fully qualified name (FQDN) for target host box, type the fully qualified host name of the public hostname that you have registered for ADSelfService Plus (see Step 1)
Click OK to add the new record to the zone.

Salient Features of ADSelfService Plus

Self Reset Password

Free Active Directory users from attending lengthy help desk calls by letting them self-service the password reset task. Password reset just a click away with ADSelfService Plus!

Self Unlock Account

Free Active Directory users from lengthy help desk calls with ADSelfService Plus's self-account unlock option. Unlocking an account with ADSelfService Plus is child's play!

Password/Account Expiry Notification

Intimate Active Directory users of their impending password/account expiry by mailing them these password/account expiry notifications.

Corporate Directory Search

A quick search facility that enables Active Directory users to scout for information about peers by using search keys like phone no., e-mail id, first/ last name of the personality being searched.

Automatic Password Reset/ Account Unlock

Free Active Directory users of 'remembering account/password expiry' issue with 'automatic password reset/account unlock' feature that automates password reset/account unlock task for users.