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Windows Authentication

Under Windows authentication mode, the login name and password supplied on a login dialog from the web page is passed back to the AP server, which then confirms the user's identity with a Windows domain controller. Sites that are maintaining their user logins and passwords for their Windows domains may prefer this option. Your site can choose whether to maintain the user account data on the local AP server or within a domain controller, and you can use standard operating system facilities for maintaining login names, passwords, and expiration policies. In either case, the login names and passwords that are authenticated under this mode are valid Windows user accounts.