Database Manager - Enterprise Server

In Password Depot, you can open and save databases on the Enterprise Server module. To do so, please open the Database Manager (menu Database → Database Manager) and click on the tab Enterprise Server. The following options are now available:

  • Sign in: Directs you to the login site of Enterprise Server. Here, you enter all of the information indicated below this list. After login, all databases that you can access will be listed. Alternatively, you can also use the integrated Windows authentication, if available - for this purpose, click on the right arrow button. Further, since version 12.0.7, optional Two-Factor Authentication has been implemented when connecting to the Enterprise Server. The administrator is able to activate Two-Factor Authentication for the client's server login. If this option is selected, clients need to enter both user name and password as well as a particular code they will receive during login process. You can read more about Two-Factor Authentication here.
  • Sign out: Logs you out of the Enterprise Server.
  • Refresh: Refreshes the list of available databases saved on the Enterprise Server.
  • Change password: Allows you to change the password for Enterprise Server.
  • View Certificate: If a certificate was installed earlier, you can view its details here.
  • Offline Mode: This is a new function. Databases from the Enterprise Server can now continue to be used in the new offline mode comfortably, i.e. even if the connection to the actual server has been cut. Once re-connected to the server, the databases will synchronize automatically.
  • Open: Opens a database selected in the list. For this purpose, select the desired database in the view and then click on Open.

NOTE: Databases for the Enterprise Server can only be created via the server's control panel. In case you would like to share a file on your local PC with other users, you would need to send this file to the system administrator first.

NOTE: Once you have opened an Enterprise Server´s database, you can easily and quickly switch between accessible files by using the Databases from Server window in the navigation area to the left - without needing to re-open the Database Manager.

Enterprise Server: Login

Having clicked on Sign in, you will need to indicate your server information:

  • Server address : Type in the address from which Enterprise Server is executed. Generally, this is a local address, e.g. 90.0.0.1.
  • Port: Enter the port through which Password Depot can be reached. A specific default port is defined for every main version. 
  • Authentication: Select the correct authentication mode (Integrated Windows-Authentication, Standard Authentication with username and password, or Azure AD Authentication).
  • Domain / Username: The domain and username of the server you want to log in to.
  • Password: Enter your password here.

Finally, click on OK.

NOTE: In the Enterprise Server tab you can only open files which you are allowed to access. Those rights are assigned to you by your server administrator. If you have logged on to the Enterprise Server successfully and see a message that no database has been assigned to your user's account yet, please contact your server administrator because otherwise working with the Enterprise Server will not be possible at all.

How to authenticate on the Enterprise Server?

In general, the server administrator decides how users should authenticate on the Enterprise Server. Thus, when connecting to the Enterprise Server, it is only required for users to select the correct authentication mode to establish s secure client to server connection. The Password Depot Enterprise Server Login window offers three different authentication modes to choose from:

  • Integrated Windows Authentication (SSO)
  • Standard Authentication (username & password)
  • Azure AD Authentication

Integrated Windows Authentication

If you would like to use the Integrated Windows Authentication, also called Single sign-on, to login on the Enterprise Server you have to be a member of an Active Directory. Besides, your server administrator must perform the Active Directory synchronization in the Server Manager (prior to the user login) to add Active Directory users to the Password Depot server. If this is the case, please select the Integrated Windows Authentication in the Password Depot Enterprise Server Login window and make sure to use the correct server address and port. Your Windows NT access data will then be used to login. If settings are correct, your logon name as well as the corresponding domain are already displayed in the login window. Finally, just click OK to proceed and establish a client to server connection. The access data sent will be validated in the background and you will be logged in as soon as the data has been proven valid. 

Standard Authentication

You can use the Standard Authentication to connect to the Enterprise Server if your Password Depot Server administrator has created local users and assigned usernames and passwords to single users. To login, enter the username and password which was assigned to you by your server administrator and also make sure to use the correct server address and port.

Azure AD Authentication

If you would like to use the Azure AD Authentication you have to be a member of an Azure Active Directory. Besides, your server administrator must perform the Azure AD synchronization in the Server Manager (prior to the user login) to add Azure AD users to the Password Depot server. If this is the case, please select the Azure AD Authentication in the Password Depot Enterprise Server Login window and make sure to use the correct server address and port.

Afterwards, a new dialog window will be displayed saying that Password Depot would like to use "microsoftonline.com" for authentication. Please confirm to proceed. You are forwarded to your browser next. Select the correct Microsoft account, enter your email address and password. Finally, you must enable Password Depot one more time to access your Microsoft account.

A connection to the Enterprise Server will be established once you have completed all the steps required. Afterwards, you can select the desired database and open it.

HINT: Next to the Sign in button (plug icon) you can see a small arrow. Click it to open the drop down-menu where you can select the desired authentication mode right away. You will be forwarded to the Password Depot Enterprise Server Login window subsequently where you can see that the desired authentication mode has already been pre-selected. You will know immediately which other information is required in order to connect.