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Windows authentication (or Integrated Windows Authentication) is a process where connections to applications or external systems are automatically authenticated with the currently logged on Windows user. This functionality was first made available in Windows 2000.

Windows authentication (or Integrated Windows Authentication) is a process where connections to applications or external systems are automatically authenticated with the currently logged on Windows user. This functionality was first made available in Windows 2000.

IWA is not actually a standard or authentication protocol, but is a process that relies on the underlying authentication protocols used by Windows and an application that is aware of them to transparently pass authentication information along to the requesting server or service.

There is a brief summary of IWA/WA on Wikipedia, here.

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SQL Server bulk import from fileshare. How can I get SQL Server to see the share?

I have two servers A and B. B is a database server, A is (here) a client to the database server. A tool running on server A connects to SQL Server on server B and ultimately triggers a bulk import from a share on server A (\\servera\fileshare). The…
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Handling username changes in Subversion server with Windows Authentication

I have a Subversion server (version 1.7.2) that is fronted by Apache 2.2.21 using basic Windows/Active Directory authentication. Really it's just using the Visual SVN Server 2.5 package with Windows authentication enabled (Basic authentication, not…
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Single Sign on for RDS

I currently have an RDS farm which is used for running remote apps for a large group of users. When logging in these users must authenticate to the RDS web page to view their list of applications. Then they authenticate again upon clicking the…
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What difference does it make for a Virtual machine to be removed and then re-added to an Active Directory domain

On a Windows VM, while installing a service which needs to run under a domain account, my Domain Controller refuses to authenticate the domain account I use. After I remove this VM from the domain, then re-add it again, the Domain Controller starts…
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Active Directory set up with replication -- need a way to control login authentication host

I have two Active Directory servers set up with replication, ad2 and ad4. ad4 has a higher latency than ad2 as it is offsite. All clients are supposed to log in and authenticate to the ad2 server. The problem is that every once in a while ad4 will…
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identity impersonation in IIS 7

I'm a bit consused by Identity Impersonation in IIS7.5 In the good old days you could just put in the web.config and call it good. Directories could then be locked down to a specific user, and then IIS would be able to access resources, such as Sql…
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Connect to remote SQL Server instance using Windows Authentication

How can I connect to a remote instance of SQL Server (on my VPS) from my local machine using Windows Authentication? By default, if I try to connect using this method, the username is my computer name but this user isn't associated with the remote…
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Ldap Authentication for Windows Standalone Servers

I have an LDAP server Novell eDirectory in my Environment through which has the user data. In my Environment i have set of Windows and Linux servers. I need to use this LDAP As the Authentication Source for for both the servers. For Linux i need to…
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IIS7 + ASP.NET Impersonation + Windows Auth = 401 Unauthorized

I've got an asp.net app that relies on Request.LogonUserIdentity.Name to be populated with the username of the person logged onto the client machine. In IIS7 on the webserver, I've disabled Anonymous Authentication and enabled ASP.NET Impersonation…
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IIS 6 - Integrated Authentication - requires a daily restart to recognise extra domain users

We have sub webpage (classic ASP) set up with Windows Authentication and no anonymous access. Permissions to the target directory are set as Read/Execute for a domain local group. This group comprises of members of another domain to which we have a…
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Users of Intranet site on IIS7.5 prompted for username/password

I have an intrasite from a third-party that we just transitioned from IIS 6 on Windows 2003 to a Windows 2008 R2 server with IIS 7.5. On the old system, the user would connect ot the website and be automatically authenticated and be able to view…
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How to configure CruiseControl.Net for Windows Authentication?

I am using CruiseControl.Net for continuous integration which is now accessing the dashboard through login plugin, which in turn is authenticating and authorizing after verifying it with a set of users saved as XML file in the CruiseControl.Net…
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Windows Web Server in DataCenter Authenticate with AD in Office

We would like to have put a File Server in DataCentre to allow user to upload/download files when they are home. Since we have hundreds of users and would like to let the user to authenticate with the existing AD in our office. Basically, I will…
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Windows authentication through IE - specify the domain

This question really relates to allowing to logon to a SharePoint installation from home but I guess it's a general IIS security question. When the login box pops up to collect the windows credentials the user can just type in their user name on…
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SQL Server Windows-only Authentication Strategy problem

I would like to use Windows-only Authentication in SQL Server for our web applications. In the past we've always created the all powerful 1 SQL Login for the web application. After doing some initial testing we've decided to create Windows Active…
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