How to set up Windows Authentication?

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Visual Guard offers two modes of Windows authentication:
Windows SSO (Single Sign On) and Mix-Mode Authentication (Windows + another type of authentication).

System requirements

The VG Identity Server needs to be installed on a Windows Server
The Windows Server needs to be in the domain
The Windows Server must have IIS

Activate Windows Authentication in the VG Repository

First, you have to check if Windows Authentication is activated in the repository

Open the VG WinConsole
Select and open your VG Repository

In the VG Repository settings, check that “Windows Authentication” is enabled in the supported authentication modes section.

Activate Windows Authentication in the VG Identity Server

IIS has to have Windows Authentication activated

Open IIS
Select VG Identity Server app
Go to the authentication module
Enable Anonymous and Windows authentication

Activate Anonymous and Windows authentication

Which Windows authentication mode should be selected?

Visual Guard offers two modes of Windows Authentication:

Mixed Mode Authentication:
The user is authenticated with his Windows account and another type of authentication

Windows SSO (Single Sign-On):
The user is authenticated with his Windows account without any user action.

How to set up Mixed Mode Authentication?

To activate this mode, you need to open the VisualGuard WinConsole.

Connect to the repository.
Go to Settings -> Identity Servers node.
Select your identity server and open it in edit mode.
Check the ‘Authentication Preferences’ section.
Set IsWindowsAuthenticationEnabled = true.
Set IsAutomaticWindowsAuthenticationEnabled = false.
Save this settings. (Check the screenshot below)

VG Identity Server Sample login form

How to set up Windows SSO?