Basic Authentication
Applies to: Office 2007 | Outlook 2010 | SharePoint Server 2010
The Microsoft Outlook Social Connector (OSC) calls the ISocialProvider::GetCapabilities method to determine the capabilities of the OSC provider for a social network. The OSC uses the returned capabilities to determine how to support an Outlook user who is logging on to this social network. If the useLogonWebAuth element in the returned capabilities XML indicates that the OSC provider supports basic authentication, the OSC can make the following calling sequence to allow a user to log on to that social network:
ISocialProvider::Load—The OSC loads the provider.
ISocialProvider::Version—The OSC gets a string that represents the version number of the OSC provider.
ISocialProvider::SocialNetworkName—The OSC gets a string that represents the social network name.
ISocialProvider::SocialNetworkGuid—The OSC gets an immutable GUID that represents the social network.
ISocialProvider::GetCapabilities—The OSC gets a string that represents the provider’s capabilities and that complies with the schema definition for the capabilities element.
ISocialProvider::SocialNetworkIcon—The OSC gets a byte array that represents the icon for the social network site.
ISocialProvider::GetSession—The OSC gets an ISocialSession interface.
ISocialSession::Logon—The OSC logs the user on to the social network site by using the specified user name and password.
ISocialSession::GetLoggedOnUser—The OSC gets an ISocialProfile interface that represents the logged-on user.
ISocialSession::GetNetworkIdentifier—The OSC gets a string that represents a unique identifier for a social network site. The network identifier can be equivalent to the network name.