When logging on to Vantage, users are authenticated, meaning their identity is verified and checked against a list of approved users. Users are authenticated by Vantage or authenticated externally.
| Vantage Authentication | Authentication by Vantage requires that the user and its privileges are defined in the database. |
| External Authentication |
External authentication allows Vantage users to be authenticated by an agent running on the same network as Vantage and its clients.
Vantage supports the following external authentication logon types:
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For additional information, see Teradata Vantage™ - Advanced SQL Engine Security Administration, B035-1100.