Windows impersonation administration
Windows™ impersonation is a mechanism that allows HCL® Campaign administrators to associate HCL Campaign users with Windows users, so that HCL Campaign processes invoked by an HCL Campaign user run under the credentials of the corresponding Windows user.
For example, if Windows impersonation is enabled, when the HCL Campaign user jsmith edits a flowchart, a unica_acsvr process starts under the Windows user ID associated with the HCL Marketing Platform login name jsmith.
Why use Windows impersonation?
By using Windows impersonation, you are able to leverage the Windows-level security permissions for file access. If your system is set up to use NTFS, you can then control access to files and directories for users and groups. Windows impersonation also allows you to use Windows system monitoring tools to see which users are running which unica_acsvr processes on the server.
What is the relationship between Campaign users and Windows users?
To use Windows impersonation, you must establish a one-to-one relationship between Campaign users and Windows users. That is, each Campaign user must correspond to a Windows user with the exact same user name.
Typically, administration begins with a set of existing Windows users who will use Campaign. You must create Campaign users in Marketing Platform with the exact same names as the associated Windows users.
The Windows impersonation group
Each Windows user for whom you have set up a Campaign user must be placed in a special Windows impersonation group. You must then assign the group to specific policies.
To ease administrative tasks, you can then grant read/write/execute privileges to the Campaign partition directory for the group.
Windows impersonation and logging into HCL Marketing Software
When Windows impersonation is set up, once users have logged into Windows, Campaign users are automatically logged into HCL Marketing Software using a single sign-on. When they open a browser and go to the HCL Marketing Software URL, they do not need to log in again, and they immediately see the HCL Marketing Software start page.