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Any people-centric, Web-based software system has to be able to determine the identity of the user before it can let the user access the system. The process of determining the identity of a user is called authentication. After the system authenticates the user, it determines what resources the user can access, and/or what services the user can consume -- also known as authorization.This article shows you how SharePoint handles authorization.
Kiran Bellala is a technology consultant with Geniant, a leading information technology consulting company and Microsoft National System Integrator partner. In his current role as technology consultant, Kiran designs and develops collaboration and business process management solutions on MOSS and WSS. Prior to Geniant, Kiran worked for a knowledge management firm where he designed and developed KM solutions on SharePoint 2003 platform. Kiran has been working with SharePoint-related technologies for more than three years. He is a Microsoft certified technology specialist (MCTS) in both WSS 3.0 configuration and MOSS 2007 configuration. Kiran lives in Dallas, Texas. kiranbellala@gmail.com
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