Created as a middleware component, AccessServer provides security related services to other Tango/04 applications. As such, AccessServer is not a product but rather a security foundation for VISUAL Message Center, providing the infrastructure for authentication control, authorization management and audit trail.

AccessServer is usually set up only once for each VISUAL Message Center implementation (shared among all modules), but multiple AccessServer instances can be set up if your environment requires it.

Authentication Services 

AccessServer allows you to shape the security of an application based on already established user profiles which means creating new users is not needed since the existing user profiles are synchronized with Windows user profiles.

The architecture of AccessServer has been set up to allow for multiple authentication systems and the latest version supports a complete implementation for Windows (local equipment and any domain controller available). Furthermore, local equipment and user domains can be combined for a customizable set up.  

Authorization Services 

Authorization services provided by AccessServer allow you to define and adjust applications security privileges based on system groups, users and roles giving you maximum flexibility to define who is authorized for what action and who is not. 

Auditing Services 

Audit services in AccessServer provide the basis for common and flexible audit requirements. If desired, all events audited by Tango/04 modules can be centralized in a single repository. 

Immediate Integration

As direct interaction with AccessServer is minimal, learning how to use it is not necessary for most users. AccessServer is already integrated in Dashboards, SmartConsole and Reports with more products to be implemented in the future.

Each product employs its own AccessServer settings, ensuring consistency through the product suite but still allowing for complete control and flexibility. This independence is evident when logging into the modules since AccessServer will ask for the user to authenticate using the Windows user profile.

Complete control allows for specifying who has access to a certain dashboard within Dashboards or which users have the rights to perform privileged access to certain tasks (such as modifying Alerts) in SmartConsole. The underlying services in AccessServer are performing all these authentication actions, assigning privileges and roles.