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  Visual Guard for PowerBuilder Applications

User Management

  Manage user accounts (create / validate / update / unlock / remove…)
Manage hierarchical user groups
Allow Windows Accounts and Windows Groups to access your applications

User Authentication

  Form authentication (users enter username/password combinations)
Windows authentication (Windows users authenticated against Active Directory)
Single Sign-On available (users can enter all applications after initial authentication)

User Permissions

  Define application level permissions
Dynamic permissions for .NET and PowerBuilder applications what is a dynamic permission ? ...what is a dynamic permission

Reporting

  Generate detailed documentation about all existing users, roles, permissions…
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Technical Requirements

  Professional Edition
for .Net
Professional Edition
for PowerBuilder
Enterprise Edition
Applications secured by Visual Guard:      
.NET applications (C#, vb.net, asp.net, winforms, wcf, wpf, .Net 2.0 and above) X   X
  PowerBuilder applications (PB8 and above)   X X
  Other technologies (Java, C++, Delphi…) capable of SOAP calls or HTTP Requests     X
  Simple architectures (Windows, Web, WebServices) X X X
  Complex architectures (Multi-tiers, Multiple sites…)     X
Visual Guard Repository:      
  Oracle X X X
  SQL Server X X X
  Sybase ASE, Informix, ODBC   X  
  Proprietary File System X   X
Windows Authentication      
  Active Directory X X X
  Other LDAP (Windows accounts only) X X X

 

 

Main Features

  Professional Edition for .Net Professional Edition
for PowerBuilder
Enterprise Edition
User Management      
Manage user accounts X X X
  Manage hierarchical user groups X X X
  Allow Windows Accounts to access your applications. X X X
  Web Administration Console     X
User Authentication      
  Form authentication (username/password combination) X X X
  Windows authentication against Active Directory X X X
  Single Sign-On X X X
  Password Policy X   X
  Off-line mode X   X
 
User Permissions      
  Fine-grained permissions at application level X X X
  Dynamic permissions X X X
  Automated permission deployment X   X
  Off-line mode X   X
 
Security Reporting X X X
 
Logging and Auditing X   X
  Other technologies (Java, C++, Delphi…) capable of SOAP calls or HTTP Requests      

 

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