Server security

Many Esri servers require you to log in before you can access the information that they contain. Some of these servers support Integrated Windows™ Authentication, while others require you to enter a username and password.

Esri servers can support the following authentication types:

• None
• Client-side token-based security
• HTTP (optionally with a proxy page): Integrated Windows Authentication or Basic Authentication

When you connect manually to an Esri server, or when Analyst's Notebook makes the connection during startup, you must have permission to do so:

• If you use client-side token-based security, you are prompted for a username and password when you try to connect. You can choose to save these settings so that you are not prompted in the future.
• If your organization is set up to use Integrated Windows Authentication, then being logged in to Windows provides sufficient permission to connect to the server.
• If the server is secured and you are not set up with Integrated Windows Authentication, then you are prompted for a username and password. You can choose to save these settings so that you are not prompted in the future.