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Setting Windows Authenticated Login

Using Windows authentication through Internet Information Services (IIS), users can bypass the need to manually log on to Proliance by associating their Proliance user accounts with a specified Windows domain account.

When this feature is enabled for a user, that person can simply direct their browser to any page within Proliance. For example, if a user sets a bookmark to the RFI register in the Workspaces work area, they can later use that bookmark to proceed directly to the register without having to log on and navigate through Proliance.

Enabling this feature will also allow you to make use of the Auto Login button on the Proliance login page. Should you log out of Proliance either intentionally or accidentally, then you can use the Auto Login button to log back in quickly and easily.

Windows authentication must be enabled separately for each user. If you choose to use this feature, keep in mind the following information:

• Each Proliance user account can only be associated with one Windows domain account.
• When Windows authentication is enabled, attempting to direct your web browser to the Proliance login page will send you to the Proliance Home page.
• When Windows authentication is enabled, if you time out of Proliance, you will be automatically reconnected when you perform your next action. No documents will be closed and you may continue with work as normal.
• When Windows authentication is enabled, if you want to log on to Proliance with a user account other than the one associated with your domain account, click Logout anywhere in Proliance to access the Proliance login page, where you can manually type the appropriate user name and password.

This alternate login is only valid for one Proliance session. If you time out or access Proliance with a new browser session, you will be logged back in with the user account associated with your domain account.

• When Windows authentication is enabled, and you have been setup with Enable Auto Login and Domain Login on a specific document, should you log out of Proliance for any reason, you can log back in to that specific document using the Auto Login button on the Proliance login page.

To set how user accounts log on to Proliance, your security role must have permission to update accounts. For more information, see "About Security Permissions".

Important: Before you can use Windows Authenticated login for any of your users, you must configure your Proliance installation to enable this feature system wide. You can find instructions on how to do this in the Setting Windows Authentication section in any of the Installation documents distributed with Proliance.

To set Windows Authenticated login

1. Open the Contacts or Staff register from the Organization work area.

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Open the Contacts or Staff tab from the Organization work area.

2. Select a contact or staff document and click the Account page.
3. Click Edit.
4. Expand the Windows Login section and specify your settings for the following attributes:
• Enable Auto Login:Select this check box to indicate that automatic login through Windows authentication is enabled for the current user account. If this check box is not selected, you may still specify a Domain Login for future use, but the user will have to manually log on to Proliance.
• Domain Login:

  The login information for the user's Windows domain account. Type the domain name and user account on the same line, separated by a backward slash, as per the following example:

  domainname\username

  For this information to take effect, you must also select the "Enable Authentication" check box. The Domain Login is not case sensitive.

5. Click Save.

Proliance saves your settings.