Using Windows Authentication and Authorization

Another method of user authentication is Windows Authentication. This takes advantage of the native Windows authentication layer when the Manager is running on a Windows machine on a Windows Domain. It uses the Negotiate protocol, like Pure Kerberos Authentication, but requires much less configuration. It uses NTLM or Kerberos as the authentication provider, depending on the client; Windows C++ and .NET use NTLM, while other clients use Kerberos. This enables web browsers and Drivers to connect to Managers by authenticating as the current Domain user, with no passwords needed.

Also, all Domain groups that a user belongs to are available as a group that can be mapped to a GridServer Role.