Windows Authentication in d/EPM v12

Legacy Contributor

Hello,

I would like to ask how windows authentication has to be configured in Infor d/EPM v12.
In contrast to v11 it seems like you need to use Infor Federation Services (IFS) to enable windows authentication. 

How does it need to be set up and configured?
Thank you,
Eva

Nick Gladkov

One of the key advantages of version 12 is the new services architecture, where different parts of d/EPM (Application Studio, Dashboards, Administration, etc) are working as independent services with communication layer between these modules. As all of them should share credentials information, we use security tokens. Infor Federation Services is one of the tools that can be used for such communication and it is now included for d/EPM On Premises customers.

As a more advanced tool, we now can also use Infor STS to connect to collect user credentials from a bigger number of identity providers (with many additional features, if course). Infor STS is a bit more tricky from licencing perspective - it is integral part for cloud customers and requires additional licence for on premises customers.

A bit more information about both (Infor IFS and Infor STS) can be found on Infor OS Documentation portal as well as in the Infor Technology youtube channel (for instance, this is the search about IFS on the channel).