LDAP authenication

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Tom_s

Does anyone know if Project Server 2002 and/or 2003 will allow LDAP
authenication verses Windows or Project Server Authenication?

Thank you
 
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Rick Roszko

All Project Server and PWA is through Windows or PWA authentication.

Why do you want to use LDAP? There is no underlying directory structure in
Project Server 2003. If you want to get to the underlying database or want
to create programmatic routines, etc. I think you can get better answers from
the Project Server Developers forum. Additionally I would also not try to
inject "an end to the means" but state your "means" to get to what you want
(i.e. "end")...

Just my two cents...
 
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Scott m Wagner - EPM Consulting Services

Tom,

Quick answer is yes you can use LDAP. I believe there is some documentation
on using LDAP from Microsoft. I used LDAP for a company I was working on that
had Novell "NDS". There are issues though with Portfolio Analyzer OLAP and
SharePoint links, I was able to create work arounds for that but It was
custom code and it has been a few years (It was a Project Server 2002
solution).

I would always reccomend an AD solution. I will endevor to find the
documentation and post a link if I find and if you really need it.

Scott
 
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Tom_s

Rick,

My company is moving away from using Windows Auth and a trusted domain. I am
attempting to avoid the nightmare maint that comes with PWA authentication.
We have several apps currently using LDAP. This is why.

" I would also not try to inject "an end to the means" but state your
"means" to get to what you want (i.e. "end")... " What hell does this mean?
I asked a simple question.
 
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Tom_s

Thanks Scott.. We use Report Services for reporting purposes, so OLAP isn't
necessay. Sure if you can find the link that would be great.

Tom
 
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Rick Roszko

Oh okay. But as Tom_s indicated, OLAP will not work, which you said you
don't use so that's not an issue for you.

However, there are some other fuinctions that don't work when you are not a
"Windows Authenticated" user. I don't recall exactly which ones, but I think
one of them was View Resource Assignment views. (I may be wrong here.)

If you have a Project Server installed, you can test out each of the
functions as (a) "Windows authenticated" user or (b) "PWA/Project Server"
user. If "PWA/Project Server" user doesn't work for that function, it
probably won't work under LDAP, but that is a guess on my part, it's just an
FYI if you run into something like that...

Thanks,
 
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