Enabling forms authentication

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Enabling forms authentication

By default, Meridian Enterprise Server and Meridian Explorer use Windows authentication, not forms authentication. You can enable ASP.NET forms authentication if your organization requires it or to use the mobile-optimized version of the Meridian Explorer website.

Notes

Each user for which forms authentication is enabled will permanently claim a client license (named license) as described in About licensing.
These settings can be overridden for particular BlueCielo groups as described in Creating and editing user accounts.

To enable forms authentication:

In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, in the System Management group, click Settings. The Application Settings page appears.
On the APPLICATION SETTINGS page, in the FORMS AUTHENTICATION group, for the Allow forms authentication item, click CHANGE. The REGISTER AD SERVER NAME dialog box appears.
Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.

Forms authentication settings
Setting	Description
Allow forms authentication	Redirects authentication requests to the specified server. Disable this option to disable forms authentication.
Active Directory name	The name of the Active Directory that you want to authenticate the requests. Note This setting allows users to enter just their user name when logging on to the website. They may also enter this domain name.
Token Lifetime	Select an option from the list to specify the authentication token lifetime. Users will be required to log on when the lifetime expires.

Click SAVE.

Related concepts

About BlueCielo user administration

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Server 2016 Administrator's Guide