Introduction
If you have changed your authentication mode and cannot authenticate users, the issue may be caused by their user type. Each authentication mode supports only certain user types. This article explains the supported user types by authentication mode and provides example [dbo].[Users] tables for each authentication mode.
Supported user types
|
User Type |
Description | Windows* | ADFS | Azure AD Integrated | Azure AD Standalone |
SAML 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
AD User |
x |
x |
x |
||
|
2 |
AD Group |
x |
x |
x |
||
|
3 |
Role |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
4 |
Custom User |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
5 |
Azure User |
x |
|
|||
|
6 |
Azure Group |
x |
|
|||
|
7 |
Identity Provider User |
|
|
|
|
x |
*Applies to Windows Standard and Windows Limited
Example user tables
The example [dbo].[Users] tables below are in different authentication modes. Use them to compare the supported user types by authentication mode.
Note: If you change authentication modes, ensure the values in the [Type] column in the [dbo].[Users] table are consistent with your new authentication mode's supported user types.
Windows Standard and Windows Limited
Supported user types: 1, 2, 3, and 4
| UserID | UserName | FullName | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Corp\Albert |
Albert Scott |
1 |
|
2 |
Corp\SalesReps |
Sales Reps |
2 |
|
3 |
Contributor |
Contributor |
3 |
|
4 |
Test User |
Test User |
4 |
ADFS
Supported user types: 1, 2, 3, and 4
| UserID | UserName | FullName | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Corp\Albert |
Albert Scott |
1 |
|
2 |
Corp\SalesReps |
Sales Reps |
2 |
|
3 |
Contributor |
Contributor |
3 |
|
4 |
Test User |
Test User |
4 |
Azure AD Integrated
Supported user types: 1, 2, 3, and 4
| UserID | UserName | FullName | Type | AzureADObjectID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Corp\Albert |
Albert Scott |
1 |
28fc0d33-1f62-41ee-8e9e... |
|
2 |
Corp\SalesReps |
Sales Reps |
2 |
28fc0d33-1f62-41ee-8e9e... |
Azure AD Standalone
Supported user types: 3, 4, 5 and 6
| UserID | UserName | FullName | Type | AzureADObjectID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
albert@kepion.com |
Albert Scott |
5 |
28fc0d33-1f62-41ee-8e9e... |
|
2 |
fb30f453-c0db... |
Sales Reps |
6 |
fb30f453-c0db-40bb-80ed... |
SAML 2.0
Supported user types: 3, 4, and 7
| UserID | UserName | FullName | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
Contributor |
Contributor |
3 |
|
4 |
Test User |
Test User |
4 |
|
7 |
chris@kepion.com |
Chris Smith |
7 |