Tuesday 4 February 2014

Changing to windows Authentication in SL 2011

When you change your Solomon authenticated type as Windows Login at that point enters the server information and user ID information for the first time login. 
Beneath steps to be follow the Windows Authentication setup for Dynamics SL 2011.
1) Open the OBDC Data Source Administrator from Control Panel-> Administrative Tools
2) Delete the existing ODBC connections for both Solomon Application and System databases if exists
3) Open the Microsoft Dynamics SL Database Maintenance (98.290.00) 
4) Connect the server using windows credentials
5) Go to the Update Database tab and select the appropriate SL System and Application databases
6) Click the Set Authentication Type button & select the Windows Authentication (recommended) option and click Ok
 7) Authentication mode, you have to assign SL users to their corresponding Windows user and click OK
8) When process is completed, launch Dynamics SL 2011 Fp1 with windows login credentials
Moreover, windows authentication you don't need to worry about restriction of multiple wrong passwords tries during SL/Window's login.