Single Sign-On (SSO)
is an authentication model that enables users to access a variety
of computing resources without being repeatedly prompted for their
user IDs and passwords. SSO can enable a user to access SAS servers
that run on different platforms without interactively providing the
user's ID and password for each platform. SSO can also enable someone
who is using one application to launch other applications based on
the authentication that was performed when the user initially logged
in.
SAS provides these SSO
features:
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To bypass the logon prompt when
launching a desktop application (such as SAS Information Map Studio,
SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Data Integration Studio, SAS OLAP Cube Studio,
or SAS Management Console), use Integrated Windows authentication.
The client and the metadata server must be in the same Windows domain
or in domains that trust each other.
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To bypass the logon prompt when
launching a SAS Web application (such as SAS Web Report Studio or
SAS Information Delivery Portal), use Web authentication.
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Seamless access to data servers
and processing servers is provided by mechanisms including SAS token
authentication, Integrated Windows authentication, credential reuse,
and credential retrieval.
For more information about SSO, see the
SAS Intelligence Platform: Security Administration Guide.