Specifies the authentication scheme the provider uses to connect. Set this to one of the following values: NTLM, Basic, Digest, Forms, Negotiate, ADFS, or None.

Possible Values

Data Type

string

Default Value

"NTLM"

Remarks

Used with User and Password to authenticate against the server.

Use one of the following options:

• NTLM: Uses your Windows credentials to authenticate.
• Basic: Uses HTTP Basic authentication.
• Digest: Uses HTTP Digest authentication.
• Forms: Uses Forms authentication.
• Negotiate: The server negotiates the authentication mechanism with the server. Use this to enable Kerberos authentication.
• ADFS: Uses Single Sign-On authentication with Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS).
• None: Uses anonymous authentication.