Microsoft Integration

ThinLinc integrates very well in environment where the existing infrastructure is based on software from Microsoft.

Included with ThinLinc are tools and documentation that makes it very easy to get started in a Microsoft environment, allowing existing users to login to the ThinLinc cluster where they will be able to use their existing files.

Active Directory Integration

ThinLinc can retrieve information about users and groups stored in Microsoft Active Directory. Users login using the same password as they use when they login to fat clients that also authenticate against the AD.

ThinLinc is delivered with documentation that explains in detail how to configure the ThinLinc servers to make them integrate with AD, even in a multi-machine ThinLinc cluster. No changes are made on the AD servers, apart from the fact that each ThinLinc server is made a member of the AD.

On the security side, integration is seamless. If a user changes password on the ThinLinc server, the password change will propagate into AD. And of course, a locked account in AD will not be able to login to the ThinLinc cluster.

More information about the integration with Microsoft Active Directory can be found in the ThinLinc Administrator's Guide.

File Server running Microsoft Windows

Data on existing file servers running Windows can be accessed from the ThinLinc cluster. Shares are automatically mounted with help of the Single-Signon functionality of ThinLinc, so there's no need to enter any passwords after login to access files.

Starting with ThinLinc 1.6.0, the home directory of each user will be found automatically by querying the Active Directory. Other file resources can be mounted via the ThinLinc session startup scripts.

More information about accessing file resources on fileservers running Windows can be found in the ThinLinc Administrator's Guide.