Basic authentication.

The documentation for Analysis Services seems to suggest that windows authentication is no longer the only way of accessing AS.

I'm trying to confirm whether or not it is possible to login to AS with basic authentication. If so, what are the constraints (eg is this possible only via IIS).

I'd also like to find out if http access is restricted to enterprise edition only like it was in AS2000, or has the scope been widened in AS2005.

Thanks,
Terry.
Basic authentication only works for http/https connectivity (where the username and password are passed to IIS for impersonation).

For native connections (when you directly connect to AS2005) the user name and password are ignored if specified in the connection string.

(and when connecting to local cube files, the password is used as decryption key)

Adrian Dumitrascu.|||

Thanks Adrian. That helps.

I'm keen to find out if http/https connectivity (via IIS) will be available in the standard edition in AS2005. Is this information available at present?

Terry.

|||Yes, http/https connectivity will be available in AS2005 standard edition.

Adrian Dumitrascu.