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[[Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 6.1]] > [[Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 6.1 -- Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing, Release 6.1|Web Conferencing]] > [[Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 6.1 -- Configuring Web Conferencing|Configuring]] > [[Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 6.1 -- Configuring User Authentication for Web Conferencing|Configuring User Authentication]]

Trust External Authentication represents a broad-range of enterprise security software that provides functions like authentication, resource access authorization, Single Sign On (SSO), and intrusion detection. Typically, this software protects your web server by installing a DLL plug-in into the web server service, for example IIS. This DLL plug-in, also called ISAPI Filter, intercepts user login credentials and passes them to a corporate authentication and authorization server. The software must be able to output user IDs in the HTTP header so that they can be passed to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace for authentication.

'''Note: ''' User IDs in the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace profile database are case sensitive. Users cannot log in to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace as guests after you have configured this authentication mode.

Before configuring this authentication mode, make sure that you read the following terms of agreement in [[Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 6.1 -- Web Conferencing Terms of Use|Web Conferencing Terms of Use]]:
* Terms for Single Sign On Software Integration
* Terms of Support for Single Sign On Software Integration

===== Restrictions =====

When configuring Trust External authentication, make sure that the /mpweb/scripts/public/ directory is not protected by SSO. Protecting this directory will prevent Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing from functioning properly.

See the following procedures:
* [[Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 6.1 -- About Trust External Authentication#To Configure Trust External Authentication|To Configure Trust External Authentication]]
* [[Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 6.1 -- About Trust External Authentication#To Verify the Trust External Authentication Configuration|To Verify the Trust External Authentication Configuration]]

===== To Configure Trust External Authentication =====

When user IDs are sent to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server, Web Conferencing can apply transformation to user IDs.

If you are also using Cisco Unified MeetingPlace for Outlook, complete the [[Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 6.1 -- About User Authentication#Allowing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace for Outlook Authentication|Allowing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace for Outlook Authentication]] before beginning this procedure.

# Sign in to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing.
# From the Welcome page, click ''' Admin ''', then click ''' Web Server '''.
# From the "View" section of the page, click the name of the web server that you want to configure.
# Scroll down to the Web Authentication section.
# For "Step 1: Directory," choose ''' Trust External Authentication '''.
# For "HTTP Header Containing Username," enter an appropriate value for an external service, such as HTTP_SM_USER for SiteMinder.
# For "Username Conversion Function," choose how you want user names transformed. ''' None ''' applies no transformation to the original user ID string.
# Click ''' Submit ''' and wait five minutes for the new configuration to take effect.
# (Optional) If you want to verify your configuration, continue with the [[Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 6.1 -- About Trust External Authentication#To Verify the Trust External Authentication Configuration|To Verify the Trust External Authentication Configuration]].

===== To Verify the Trust External Authentication Configuration =====

Use a Cisco Unified MeetingPlace end user profile when completing the this procedure.

# Open your web browser and navigate to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing home page.
# Verify the following end-user behaviors:
#* Using a SiteMinder environment, you are immediately authenticated to MeetingPlace with your SiteMinder user ID and password.
#* If you have a Cisco Unified MeetingPlace profile, you can log in with your SiteMinder password and schedule meetings.

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