Active Directory

Active Directory (AD) is a technology created by Microsoft that provides a variety of network services, including:

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP is the industry standard directory access protocol, making Active Directory widely accessible to management and query applications;

• Kerberos-based authentication;
• DNS-based naming and other network information;
• Central location for network administration and delegation of authority;
• Information security and single sign-on for user access to networked based resources;
• The ability to scale up or down easily, etc.;

MassTransit allows you to authenticate Web client contacts and Client contacts using Active Directory (AD) instead of assigning them a MassTransit login name and password. Web client contacts can be created automatically and maintained based on groups defined in Active Directory. Privileges for file exchange between users can be based on existing AD groups. This ensures that users will have the broadest possible access to send files through MassTransit to other users in their organizations.

You can set up MassTransit HP to use Single Sign-On (SSO) for Web client contacts for easier connections. MassTransit allows Active Directory users connected to an Active Directory-enabled MassTransit HP Server to log into MassTransit automatically using their domain credentials, instead of having to type their name and password. This technology, known as Single Sign-On (SSO), works with popular browsers on Windows and Mac OS X when connecting to an IIS web server.

The MassTransit Log Viewer can now be enabled to allow any user with a valid Active Directory account, who is in a defined group, to view the MassTransit log without requiring a web client license or plug-in.

Note: Be aware that MassTransit’s Directory Services integration currently supports Active Directory on a supported Windows server platform. Currently, MassTransit can only integrate with a single domain.