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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