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Optional Agent for SharePoint Configuration Settings › Office Client Integration without a Persistent Cookie

Office Client Integration without a Persistent Cookie

The SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint creates a persistent SPSESSION cookie to enable single sign-on during Office Client Integration. If the security policies of your organization do not allow persistent cookies of any kind, you can still implement the Office Client Integration feature of SharePoint with certain restrictions.

The following table describes the circumstances and required SiteMinder settings where Office Client Integration works with and without the persistent SPSESSION cookie:

User Behavior

Challenge
Users?

Use Persistent SPSESSION Cookie?

Office
Client
Integration
Enabled?

Supported
SiteMinder
Authentication
Schemes

Opens an Office Document from a browser.

No

Yes

Yes

Any

Opens an Office Document from a browser.

No

No

No

Any

Opens an Office Document with an Office Application or from Windows Explorer

Yes

No

No

Basic or

Windows (NTLM/IWA)

Opens Office Document with Windows Explorer, and later tries to edit or save the document after session timeout interval expires.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Basic or
Windows (NTLM/IWA)

More information:

Verify your Office Client Integration Settings

Users Challenged Again when Accessing Office Document on SharePoint