Web Server Authentication
Because the People Planner Web applications require an Internet Information Server (IIS) and cannot run under Apache, for example, the alternative term of IIS Authentication is often used.
The People Planner installers select the correct type of IIS authentication for the Web components, and you usually do not need to do anything else in addition to the final configurations.
When you configure a Web site or Web service on an IIS, you can choose between different types of authentication. People Planner supports two of the types as described in the following table.
| Web Component | Used For | IIS Authentication |
|---|---|---|
| MyPlan | Running MyPlan in a browser. | Windows Authentication |
| MyPlanWSC | Running MyPlan embedded in the Maconomy Workspace Client. | Anonymous Authentication |
| People Planner API | Web service used in the integration with Maconomy. | Anonymous Authentication |
| People Planner Outlook Web Service People Planner Outlook Web Service | Web service used in the integration with Exchange and Outlook. | Windows Authentication |
| People Planner Web Components | Running the Budgeting Assistant, Project Evaluation Assistant, and Project Overview Component, embedded in the Maconomy Workspace Client. | Anonymous Authentication |
| People Planner Web Service People Planner Web Service | (Only listed here for completeness.) This Web service is used in an extended integration with Maconomy and is only used by a specific customer. | Anonymous Authentication |
| People Planner Security Service | Required by the People Planner Windows Application to retrieve information about which database to connect to. |
Anonymous Authentication Windows Authentication |
While you can configure the MyPlanWSC client and the People Planner Web Components for using Windows Authentication, when using SSI you should configure them to use Anonymous Authentication.
With Anonymous Authentication, you also need to specify a People Planner user. This is a general requirement for Anonymous Authentication, and it makes sense to use the same user for MyPlanWSC and the People Planner WSC Component as you are using for the People Planner API Web service.