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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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Why Does A/D Account Need SQL Server Login?

I need some help on understanding the differences between Windows and SQL Server Authentication: We have a SQL Server 2008 set to SQL Server and Windows Authentication Mode. There is one A/D user -- munis -- that can log into our SQL Server. That…
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Inter-connect two active directories for sharepoint authentication

I have 1 server with windows 2003 which is our office's domain controller, and other server with windows server 2008 in another office. The domain names are different, and what i need to do, is interconnect both active directories, to authenticate…
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Using Windows Authentication accross Domains when using VPN?

Is it possible to use Windows Authentication for users who are logged into their computer on one domain (ABC) on a particular AD system, for services that are on a second domain (XYZ) on a second AD system? Example: A user logs into their desktop…
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Logging in user in Windows 2008 server using LogonUser fails on LogonType LOGON32_LOGON_SERVICE

I am using LogonUser function to logon an account to Windows 2008 R2 server on a domain with clusterring. When using LOGON32_LOGON_INTERACTIVE as LogonType, I successfully login. When using LOGON32_LOGON_SERVICE as LogonType, Login fails,…
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Restricting access to a website on IIS with groups

I'm trying to set up our websites to only allow access from users in certain AD groups using windows authentication but i can't seem to make it work. I've tried using IIS's authorization and restricting it to those groups only, but i don't have…
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what to do with ms sql error 40 ""

I had no problem with my sql server and management studio yesterday, but today it does not connect and show me this error: A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not…
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Adding a W2008 Authenticating Server to existing W2003 Domain?

I have an existing W2003 Domain, simple setup with one DC and a SQL Server (approx 100 users). There are issues with Windows 7 Clients and login scripts and we're now seeing much greater numbers of Windows 7 users turning up as they upgrade their…
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Getting http 401.3 error despite giving the Application pool Identity permission on the website folder IIS 7.5

My Application users are getting http 401. error when they try to browser to my application. My app is a intranet Web Application which uses Windows Authentication. Anonymous authentication and Identity impersonation are disabled. A separate…
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Domain authentication over OPEN wireless pre-logon (Windows 7 Pro) - No logon servers avail

I have a plethora of laptops that are joined to an AD domain. I have an enterprise wireless system setup, the users of these laptops will be using an OPEN unsecured SSID which will ultimately have a captive portal that uses Radius->AD auth and…
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Using SSL with Integrated Windows Authentication in Intranet

Is it possible to have my website require SSL if it is using Windows Authentication? So far, I'm not having luck with it.
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SMTP Authentication without using IP

On my local machine, I wish to send mail through SMTP on my Windows Server. I understand that I need to authorise my machine's local IP in relay restrictions. However, this is not ideal as I'll need to modify this everytime my IP changes. Is there…
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Authing other users on fileshares

I have a file share (Windows, SMB, AD) that requires authentication to access. Accessing it manually in Windows Explorer (\\ip\share) will query me for user/pass. That is fine. The client computer accessing the server share is not in the same domain…
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Multiple Site (Application) Windows Authentication (IIS 7)

We have multiple web sites that need to process DOMAIN authentication in Windows. There's only one server but multiple sites. For example: s1.domain.com s2.domain.com s3.domain.com All of which want a single sign-on. Simple, except the login…
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what is meant be "Anonymous Authentication" enabled and edit it to specific user

iis 7.5 , for a site "Anonymous Authentication" can be 'enabled' and can be 'edited' it to a specific user.What does it mean. Enabling 'Anonymous' means allowing all the users, then what is meant for 'edit' it and add a specific user.
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trusted connection

I logged on as administrator and created a trusted connection for a software that connects to my sqlserver. Then I logged on as a regular user and checked on the db server the users connected. Surprise: the user logged on was the administrator (the…
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