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ABBYY FlexiCapture can work with Active Directory accounts. Import them from the Active Directory, and then set up their roles and access rights.

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Import accounts and groups

To import users from the Active Directory, open the Administration and Monitoring Console. On the Settings → Users page, click Import. You can import individual accounts or groups, and selecting the Search groups option finds groups. In the Active Directory path field, specify the address of the domain controller where ABBYY FlexiCapture is installed. Import and sync cover one Active Directory domain by default. If an imported group holds users from another subdomain, specify that domain controller as GC://<address>. Use the Name field in the Search and import settings section to find a particular user or group by name. You can replace part of the name with an asterisk. Users added this way authenticate with the standard IIS authentication methods, using their Windows account names. Two things follow from that:
  • On a FlexiCapture station, users must select Windows authentication.
  • On a web station, users enter the address as https://<ApplicationServer>/FlexiCapture12/<Station>/WinAuth. Replace <ApplicationServer> with the computer running the Application Server, and <Station> with the web station they want.

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Use FlexiCapture authentication

To use FlexiCapture authentication for a user imported from the Active Directory, the administrator and the user work through three steps.
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The administrator issues a temporary password

Click the user’s login. On the roles and permissions page, click RESET PASSWORD and set password as the temporary password.A missing RESET PASSWORD button means the user already has a temporary password.
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The user changes the password

The user logs in to ABBYY FlexiCapture and sets a password of their own.
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The user signs in with server authentication

On an ABBYY FlexiCapture station, the user selects server authentication. On a web station, the user enters the address as https://<ApplicationServer>/FlexiCapture12/<Station>. Replace <ApplicationServer> with the computer running the Application Server, and <Station> with the web station they want.

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Use the Active Directory to manage ABBYY FlexiCapture groups

Click Synchronize all groups to synchronize the groups in ABBYY FlexiCapture with the groups in the Active Directory. You can then manage ABBYY FlexiCapture groups from the Active Directory.

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Synchronize groups and user accounts using a POST request

You can synchronize groups of FlexiCapture accounts with Active Directory without using the interface, for example to run the synchronization automatically on a schedule. Send the following request:
The request takes the following parameters.