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How to Force Enterprise Manager Login to Use Form-Based Authentication

How to Force Enterprise Manager Login to Use Form-Based Authentication

KB ID:	2089
Product:	Veeam Backup & Replication \| 10 \| 11 \| 12
Published:	2016-01-15
Last Modified:	2022-05-06

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Purpose

This article documents how to force Enterprise Manager to use HTML Form-Based authentication instead of a Windows Authentication Pop-Up.

Windows Authentication Pop-Up

HTML Form-based Authentication

Solution

Disable Windows Authentication

Open the web.config file.
Default Path: C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Enterprise Manager\WebApp\web.config
Locate the useWindowsAuth key and set the value to false.
No reboot required. Simply relaunch the the Enteprise Manager webpage.

Default Value:

<add key="useWindowsAuth" value="true" />
                
            

Default Value Shown

More Information

Alternatively, use the following page to go directly to the HTML Form-based Enterprise Manager login page:
https://EnterpriseManagerServerDNSorFQDNhere:9443/login.aspx
Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager supports single sign-on authentication based on the SAML 2.0 protocol. For more information reference: About Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager > SAML Authentication Support

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