Accessing Secured Web Services from Windows SharePoint Services Applications

Accessing Secured Web Services from Windows SharePoint Services Applications

Accessing Secured Web Services from Windows SharePoint Services Applications
Peter Vogel
PH&V Information Services

August 2004

Applies to:
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services

Summary: Show how to access a secure Web service from a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services application under Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2000. (8 printed pages)

Contents
Overview
Implementing Delegation
Configuring Delegation in Windows Server 2000
Conclusion

Overview
In a service-oriented environment, managing the security credentials for an application that is accessing a Web service is a critical issue. This article describes how you can use the Kerberos version 5 authentication protocol and impersonation to secure a Web service accessed by a SharePoint application to ensure that only properly authenticated and authorized users have access to the Web service in Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2000 environments.

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