Hello!
Identity Management for the Web Client was introduced in Dynamics GP 2013 R2. This feature allowed us to map our Windows credentials to our Dynamics GP user to allow for a more streamlined login. Here is the blog that discussed this feature when it was released.
With Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015, Identity Management has been extended to include authentication with Organizational Accounts, which are accounts set up in Windows Azure Active Directory.
The biggest benefit comes from the ability to log into Dynamics GP using the same identity when logging into other cloud applications, like CRM Online an Office 365. This prevents being challenged for another set of credentials when utilizing the Web Client and accessing those cloud applications.
The implementation of Identity Management with Organizational Accounts does require knowledge of Windows Azure. In addition to a Windows Azure Active Directory Domain needing to be created with users setup, the global administrator of the domain will need to create an application that will be used to authenticate to Windows Azure Active Directory.
The Web Client installation has included two new windows to address authentication with Organizational Accounts. Dynamics Utilities also has a new option on the Additional Tasks window to handle Organizational Accounts.
The last thing to remember is that when mapping your GP User to an Organizational Account, it has to be done from the Web Client. You are not able to map a GP User to an Organizational Account from the Desktop Client.
Thanks,
Jason Lech | Escalation Engineer | Microsoft Dynamics GP
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