User directories

The user directories contain the user profiles for the StreamStudio web applications. These profiles are used to access the web applications and to validate users assigned to StreamServe jobs. The user directories can be connected to an existing directory server, which must support the LDAP protocol.

There are two kinds of user directories:

•	Internal – Contains user profiles of internal company employees. These are used, for example, to access the StreamStudio web applications and to validate users assigned to StreamServer jobs.

•	External – Contains user profiles of external customers and clients, used to access the StreamStudio web applications.

Several application domains can share the same user directories.

Note:

You can access StreamStudio without a user directory. For example, if no user directory is available, or if you want to demonstrate or test StreamStudio without a directory connection. In this case, the only available user is the application domain administrator. For more information, see Administrator tab.