Authentication in the SAS 9 Intelligence Platform

Classroom duration: 1.0 day Live Web duration: 2 half-day sessions Please note the System Requirements below. CEUs: 0.6
(This course is not currently scheduled.)

This course is for those who will be involved in administering users, servers, and applications in the SAS Intelligence architecture. The course focuses on the key areas of initial authentication, identification, and additional authentication.

Learn how to

describe the process of authentication
describe the process of identification
determine when to create individual metadata identities and groups
determine when to create new authentication domains and logins.

Who should attend

Anyone tasked with administering SAS, in particular, SAS metadata about users, groups, and authentication

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Prerequisites

Before attending this course, you should attend or be familiar with the Technical Overview of the SAS Intelligence Platform Architecture course.

Course Contents

Introduction to Security

introduction to the SAS 9 Intelligence Platform
introduction to the basic tenets of security
introduction to security in the SAS 9 Intelligence Platform

Initial Authentication

introduction to authentication
initial authentication
authentication providers

Identification

the identification process
metadata identities and groups
special metadata identities and groups

Additional Authentication

introduction to additional authentication
cached credentials
retrieving credentials from the metadata
prompting

Metadata for Authentication

individual identities and groups in the metadata
authentication domains and logins in the metadata

Software

This course addresses SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office, SAS Data Integration Studio, SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Information Delivery Portal, SAS Information Map Studio.

Course Materials

Classroom: Students attend classroom courses in one of our public training centers. You receive a hardcopy of the course notes and, in some courses, can choose to take home a copy of the course data.

Live Web: Students attend Live Web classes using a Web browser and a telephone and interact with their instructor and fellow classmates in real time. Each student receives an e-mail with instructions on how to join the class three business days before the class begins. The instructions e-mail includes a link to download the course materials. Students need to download and print the course materials prior to class.

System Requirements

For Live Web, you must

review and follow the general system requirements.
complete the course exercises through our virtual lab. The virtual lab allows you to access the software used in class over the Internet, so that you do not need this software on your local machine.
run this test to connect to a virtual lab session. If firewall problems prevent you from connecting to the virtual lab, then you will not be able to participate in the course exercises. Using your organization's BI environment is not an option for completing the course exercises.

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Not sure if this course suits your needs or which delivery method is right for you? Give us a call at 800-333-7660 or send us e-mail. If you have suggestions for this course or would like for it to be offered at another training facility, let us know by adding to our Interest List.

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