Implementing Enterprise Server Security with Active Directory

Restriction: This topic applies only when the Enterprise Server feature is enabled.

If you enable external security in Enterprise Server, then you need to understand the implications and how security is checked upon an action. This document describes the relationship between a user and the different classes used to implement security.

In order to use External Security with Enterprise Server, you need first to create users and groups in Active Directory. These users and groups will have different properties, these properties will be used to verify that the user can access a resource.