How does Active Directory work in FormsBoard?
FormsBoard is an InfoPath hosting service that runs on the internet instead of a local-area network. Since FormsBoard lives on the internet, it cannot use Windows Authentication and domain controllers.
So, how does Formsboard authenticate? FormsBoard authenticates users using Forms authentication, which is commonly on internet websites that require user login and stores user data in the ADAM (Active Directory Application Mode) system on the FormsBoard site.
But what about the Active Directory web service? We want to (for example) use GetMyInfo to determine the currently logged in user. Since the profile properties are quite different from Active Directory, we have created the following mappings:
AD Property | CS profile property |
mailNickname | UserName |
mail | Email |
userPrincipalName | Email |
sAMAccountName | UserName |
cn | FullName |
| displayName | FullName |
This means that the "Active Directory" web service in FormsBoard will only return meaningful values if they have been specified on the user’s profile.