Active Directory Settings

Active Directory Settings

In case corporate or school already have User base in Active Directory can be integrated with this client software with simple process.

Purpose

Purpose of this document is to describe the procedure to configure Active Directory for VEOS Gateway, so that user can login at Connect Me with AD users.

Intended Audience and Reading Suggestions

This document is meant for the WOW-Vision’s Resellers / Dealers / Customers who wants to configure Active Directory with VEOS Gateway.

Prerequisite to configure Active Directory

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1. Configure Active Directory Settings for HQ Server:

Navigation: Start > All Program > WOW Vision > wowVEOS > Configure HQ 1. Go to HQ Server and open Configure HQ

2. Enter Active Directory Server Name in Domain Name

3. Uncheck Create Database

4. Click on Configure

2.

Configure Groups at Active Directory Server & HQ Server:

HQ Server contains following groups which you need to map with Active Directory groups:

a. Staff: A user with staff rights. I.e. This user can directly present his screen over VEOS

Gateway and can allow any other Requesting Participant for presentation

b. Upload Media: User can upload media to VEOS Gateway c. Delete Media: User can delete media from VEOS Gateway

d. Participant: A user joined the room but cannot project his desktop without staff permission e. Access Video Library: User can access Media Library of VEOS Gateway

f. Share My Screen: User can share his screen with other logged in users g. Power Off Gateway: User can shut down VEOS Gateway

h. Access Client Screen: A staff user can access the screen of other logged in Participant

users.

1. So now you need to create groups in your Active Directory for the groups of HQ Server to map

the permissions.

Note: In case you already have groups available in Active Directory you can use the same. 2. Then assign these groups to those users with whom you want to login into HQ Server.

For Example: you have created a group in Active Directory name VEOS_Staff and there is a

user also created named Peter then Peter should be the member of VEOS_Staff group to login into VEOS Gateway.

3. Now go to your system and open Web browser, enter IP Address of HQ Server 4. Click on Administrator Login

5. Enter valid login credentials: a. Default user name: su b. Default Password: supass 6. Go to Utilities > AD/Security

3.

Configure Active Directory at your system

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1. Now configure Active Directory at your system

a. My Computer > Properties > Change Settings > Change workgroup to domain and define

your domain name.

2. Login with AD user at your system

4. Steps to configure Connect Me client:

1. Now login at your system with Active Directory user

Note: your computer must be part of same AD which defined at HQ Server. Probably fully qualified

domain name is not require e.g. Ad.wow-vision.com is not required just ad will do the job.

2. Open web browser and enter IP Address of HQ Server

3. Click on Windows Client if you wish to install Connect Me at your system else click on Windows Virtual Client

4. Open Connect Me client

5. Click on NO at the below Message (you can click on Yes if you have the IP Address of HQ

Server)

6. Profile Manager will be open and it will start searching available HQ Server and VEOS Gateways

in the network

8. Then you will see the below login screen with the already fill User Name and domain name, click

9. Then select Group and Room (VEOS Gateway) and click on Join Room.

Now you are ready to use Connect Me further

Note: User need to restart client after all these steps once and join room again to set all the configurations.

Note: If you already installed and configure location in Connect Me at your system then go to Profile manager and double click on the location name to get latest configuration settings from server.

You will find the same user in user Name with whom you have logged in to windows and same Active Directory name which you have defined at the HQ Server.

Troubleshooting:

1. Check you have configured correct Domain name at HQ Server.

2. Make sure the user which you are using to login at windows is created at the same Active

Directory.

3. Make sure User is the member of any pre-defined VEOS Group.

4. Please check Presentation log file of Connect Me client for mapped Active Directory name a. My Computer > C:\ > Users > Your User > AppData > Roaming > WOWClient >

- You can reach up to AppData/Roaming folder by typing %appdata% on Start > Run prompt or in Windows Explorer bar. Then look for WOWClient folder.

- Your User is user name.

b. Now open presentation.log file here you can see ad domain value and check the defined

ad name on gateway and the ad name coming to your laptop is same. If they are different change at HQ Server accordingly. After any change done over HQ Server open profile

manager on Client PC and double click on selected location again to re-download latest settings.

c. It will also list the groups belong to that user as shown in log. Make sure they are

correctly defined on VEOS unit.

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