Chapter 3. Security

This chapter covers

  • Defining authentication

  • Working around the double hop issue

  • Exploring Single Sign-On and the Business Data Catalog

  • Configuring LOB application permissions

  • Configuring entity permissions

Recently I decided to move to the United States from the United Kingdom. I already had a passport, but in order to live and work in the United States, I needed to apply for a visa. This is a good analogy of how authentication and authorization work in both SharePoint and your back-end data source. My passport simply provides customs and immigration with information about me (my credentials); my visa, which is printed inside my passport, provides me with permissions to live and work within the United States. The same applies to ...

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