Configuring central user authentication

Authentication is the mechanism you use to verify the identity of visitors to your web site or web application. You can configure use of Windows Active Directory for authentication with Content Manager.

The Content Manager User Profile has three types of metadata:
  • Authentication; user name and password
  • Authorization; user roles and access to user groups
  • Application Data; User language, Favorites, e-mail, user name, id,...

Authentication can happen through a central system or through a third party system such as Active Directory. Once authenticated as an external user, Content Manager maps the user to a Content Manager User Profile for authorization and application data. Content Manager no longer has to store user passwords.

The Content Manager User Profile is required for:
  • Granting it user roles and access to user groups
  • Referencing in workflow and assignments
  • Populating user lists based on Content Manager user roles
You can then manage user accounts using the web client or web services. The steps below can be used to manage user accounts using the web client. Contact Professional Services for information about using web services to manage user accounts.
  1. Login to the Web Client as an administrator user
  2. Navigate to Settings > Users
  3. Open the properties for your user.
  4. Edit the external identifiers.
  5. Click OK.