Set Authentication Type

The authentication type for a project controls how user access to project modules is validated.

By default, the Windows authentication type is selected when a project is created. If required, it can subsequently be changed to either SQL Server authentication or AVEVA Project authentication.

Note:
The user login on the SQL Server must have a ‘sysadmin’ role in order to change the authentication type or the Project authentication password.

To change the authentication type:

1. Select Project > Authentication Type from the main menu bar to display the Authentication Type window:

   

2. Select the required authentication type from the window and click OK.

3. In AVEVA Project Authentication mode, while users will login to projects using project-specific user names and passwords (see Add a User), they are all also automatically logged into the SQL server using a single SQL user called IDOAdmin.

4. A password is required for this user if it has not already been specified. Therefore, if AVEVA Project Authentication is selected, the following window is then displayed:

   

5. Enter the password and click OK.

6. If a password was previously specified for the IDOAdmin user, the following window is displayed instead:

   

7. Enter the password and click OK.

   Note:
   The ISOAdmin SQL user only has sufficient rights to provide users with access to project engineering modules. Therefore when performing administrative tasks such as creating and restoring projects and accessing the Electrical Security Manager module, one of the other authentication methods must be selected.

To change the AVEVA Project Authentication password, refer to Change the AVEVA Project Authentication Password.