Configure Authentication for P4S 2010

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Configure the Secure Store Service

Create Secure Store Target Applications

Create or Manage SSO Token Server Names

Disable Cookie Forwarding for Business Analytics Server Overrides

The tasks you need to complete to configure authentication between Business Analytics Add-On for SharePoint (P4S) and Business Analytics Servers depends on the authentication plan you need to implement:

For SSO + Token Authentication, you use the Secure Store Service to manage user credentials for Business Analytics Servers. In addition, this uses tokens managed by the Token Service from P4S and authentication configuration in Business Analytics Server connections.

Configuration steps include:

1. Configure the Secure Store Service.

2. Once the Secure Store Service is configured, you Create Secure Store Target Applications to hold user credentials for the Business Analytics Servers in your environment.

3. Then Create or Manage SSO Token Server Names to manage user token IDs.

4. And finally configure authentication properties for each Business Analytics Server connection. See Add a Business Analytics Server Connection to SharePoint or Edit a Business Analytics Server Connection for instructions.

For No SSO + Cookie Authentication, you must configure cookie forwarding authentication in the properties for each Business Analytics Server connection. See Add a Business Analytics Server Connection to SharePoint or Edit a Business Analytics Server Connection for instructions.

Cookie forwarding is enabled for user connecton overrides by default, so no additional configuration is required.

For No SSO, Manual Authentication, you must:

Clear all authentication properties in each Business Analytics Server connection. See Add a Business Analytics Server Connection to SharePoint or Edit a Business Analytics Server Connection for instructions.

And Disable Cookie Forwarding for Business Analytics Server Overrides.

For more information on the requirements and user experience of these authentication designs, see Authentication Designs for P4S 2010.

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