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Authentication mode (IIS settings)

KCS Portal may use Windows User Management for Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication. If the KCS Portal computer is a member of the customer’s domain, domain users can be used to log in to the KCS Portal. If the computer is not member of a domain, local Windows users must be created with the local computer’s user management.

By default, KCS Portal is pre-configured for the manual authentication mode. For Single Sign-On, Windows Authentication must be manually activated for the KCS Portal web application on the IIS server.

For SSO mode, update the following settings on the IIS Manager for KCS Portal.

  1. In IIS Manager, select Authentication. Set Windows Authentication to Enabled and Anonymous Authentication to Disabled.
  2. In IIS Manager, select Configuration Editor.
  3. From the Section drop-down, select system.web/authentication. Set the attribute Mode to Windows.
  4. For Manual Authentication mode, in IIS Manager, select Authentication. Set Windows Authentication to Disabled and Anonymous Authentication to Enabled.
  5. In IIS Manager, select Configuration Editor.
  6. From the Section drop-down, select system.web/authentication. Set the attribute Mode to None.

    If the preceding settings are not correct, the system prevents you from logging in to the KCS Portal. You must return to IIS Manager to update the settings before attempting to log in again.