Document Vault Authentication
The Authentication tab of the Document Vault Properties dialog contains settings related to vault user synchronization and authentication. The tab is available in the Document Vault Properties dialog of existing vaults. When you create a vault, you cannot see this tab.
User synchronization
- Synchronizing Users from Azure Active
Directory to M-Files
- To use this method, you must have an Azure AD Premium license.
- To use this method in an on-premises environment, you must also enable vault-specific login accounts. With vault-specific login accounts, you manage all login accounts in each vault separately. For instructions, write to our customer support at [email protected].
- Configuring Azure Active Directory Synchronization Plugin
User authentication
Refer to the specified instructions in this table to set up user authentication in your environment:
Deployment | Instructions |
---|---|
M-Files Cloud and Azure Active Directory | Enabling Azure AD authentication |
M-Files Cloud and OAuth 2.0 or OpenID Connect compliant identity provider other than Azure Active Directory | Configuring OpenID Connect and OAuth 2.0 for M-Files Authentication |
On-premises server or self-hosted cloud environment | Configuring OpenID Connect and OAuth 2.0 for M-Files Authentication |
Anonymous authentication
Enable this feature to set the new M-Files Web and M-Files Mobile users to have read-only access to this vault without username and password. When the feature is enabled, M-Files adds an anonymous user to the vault. The user has no login account on the server, but you can use it to set permissions, and add it to user groups. The anonymous user is created as an external user. However, you can change it to an internal user.
Prerequisites:
- You must have External Connector license.
- In on-premises and self-hosted cloud environments, you must set up mappings between incoming connections and your vaults.
Remarks:
- M-Files Desktop and the classic M-Files Web do not use this setting. To set up anonymous authentication for the classic M-Files Web, see Publication Settings for Classic M-Files Web.
- The anonymous user does not decrease the number of your read-only licenses.