How to prepare for unified login

To use unified login mode, the client must be running Windows™ 7 or higher and the server must be running Windows 2008 R2.

All users that access Content Manager OnDemand must have valid Windows accounts. The Windows account user names of the users must be added to Content Manager OnDemand with the Content Manager OnDemand administrative client. You should create a Windows account for an administrative user that will run the Content Manager OnDemand services.

Content Manager OnDemand uses unified login when the user initially starts the client software. If the user logs off the server but does not exit the client software, then the user must use the Logon command the next time the user wants to log on to the server. The user must enter a valid Content Manager OnDemand userid and password to logon to the server.

In unified login mode, Content Manager OnDemand attempts to log on to the user's default server. The default server is established the first time a user logs on to Content Manager OnDemand. The default server is always the last server the user selected in the Logon dialog box, with one exception. The default server name can be fixed by specifying the /S startup parameter in the Properties of the shortcut used to start the client software.

A user logged on to Windows with an account user name that exists in the Content Manager OnDemand User table does not have to enter a Content Manager OnDemand user ID and password to run Content Manager OnDemand commands from the command line. However, Content Manager OnDemand validates the permissions of the userid, to verify that the user has the right to perform the requested action.

With the administrative client, you can log on to a server using a Content Manager OnDemand user ID that is different than the Windows account user name with the Logon As command. To access the Logon As command, point to the server and click the right mouse button. If the user is currently logged on to the server, the user must log off the server before selecting the Logon As command.