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The following diagram shows the Authorization Manager architecture and its processes for verifying authorization.
Figure 13: Authorization Manager architecture
The Authorization Manager centralized access policy database can be kept either on an Active Directory server, a file server, or a SQL server. The Authorization Manager (AzMan) Policy File Format [MS-AZMP] contains the XML schema definitions of Authorization Manager access control policies.
The following table shows the mapping of the policy server with the corresponding protocol(s) used.
Policy server |
Protocols used |
---|---|
Active Directory |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3) [MS-ADTS] |
File server |
|
SQL Server |
Tabular Data Stream Protocol [MS-TDS] |
For more details on Authorization Manager, see [MSDN-AuthMgr].