Litware HR: What about Windows Vista?

Last week, we provided a HowTo for users wanting to try Litware HR in Windows XP. We also explained that Litware HR was designed to run in Windows Server 2003 because it provides features that a real world production datacenter needs, such as the ability to run multiple websites at the same time.

But what about running Litware HR on Windows Vista? Well, at first it will not work because LitwareHR uses ADAM and is not yet compatible with that Windows version.

What are the options then? Litware HR uses a shielded Authentication service that interacts with ADAM repository. This architecture approach of having a component reused across all the modules makes that by changing this component it affects the authentication behavior in every piece of the application:

So for Windows Vista, you might use another authentication store, such as Active Directory or SQL. That change should be easy and inexpensive:

• re-implementing Shp.Runtime.Services.AuthenticationLogic class
• changing the logic of the identity store setup scripts.

Check this discussion to get more implementation details and updated information.

See you at the Litware HR community website!