Summary by Server Type

This table provides a high-level review of support for different authentication mechanisms. In the table, the following symbols indicate the extent to which each server can be accessed using each feature:
  • full Supported
  • half Supported for only direct connections (not metadata aware connections)
  • slice Intended for only administrators and some service identities
  • dot Used only for certain server-to-server communications
  • empty Not supported
Summary: How Servers Can Be Accessed
Mechanism
Server Type
Metadata
Workspace
OLAP
Stored Process or Pooled Workspace
Client-Pooled Workspace1
Host authentication (credentials)
full
full
half
empty
dot
Integrated Windows authentication
full
full
half
empty
empty
Web authentication
full
empty
empty
empty
empty
Direct LDAP authentication
full
empty
half
empty
empty
Internal authentication
slice
empty
slice
slice
empty
SAS token authentication
dot
full
full
full
empty
Trusted user
dot
empty
empty
empty
empty
Trusted peer
dot
empty
empty
empty
empty
1For the client-pooled workspace server, user access depends on membership in a puddle group.
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