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How to Configure your SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint (r6.x SP6)

The SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint operates together with a SiteMinder Web Agent. The SiteMinder Web Agent contains the configuration parameters and intercepts HTTP traffic to the web server; while the SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint provides a SiteMinder Management UI that helps you configure the protection for your SharePoint resources.

The SiteMinder Web Agent authenticates your SharePoint resources using any of the following methods:

• The Windows Impersonation authentication method used by the SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint, provides full functionality for the supported versions of Microsoft SharePoint. The SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint uses the value of the UserPrincipalName attribute (obtained from an Active Directory server) to authenticate users to SiteMinder.
• Forms based authentication (FBA) works with Microsoft directory servers, or LDAP directory servers from several vendors. See the SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint Release Notes for more information about the limitations of the FBA method.

The SiteMinder Web Agent configuration settings are different for each method used. To configure the SiteMinder Web Agent, use the following process:

1. Create an Agent Configuration object for your SiteMinder Web Agent (a single Agent Configuration Object can contain settings for either authentication method).
2. Change the parameter settings in the previous Web Agent Configuration object to match the authentication methods you want to use with the following procedures:
   • Set the Web Agent parameters for Windows impersonation
   • Set the Web Agent parameters for forms based authentication