Authentication - Authentication Guides

This article contains information on configuring and understanding various authentication methods for Mimecast, including password authentication, integrated Windows authentication, single sign-on, and 2-step authentication.

• • • Administrator Authentication Profiles: Define methods for users to authenticate with Mimecast.
    • Configure Authentication Profiles: Describes how Authentication Profiles work, and how to configure them.
    • Mimecast for Outlook: Authentication Options: How users will authenticate for Mimecast for Outlook features.
    • Understanding Authentication Tokens: When a client authenticates for the first time, the Mimecast service creates a token.
    • Secure Authentication: There are many ways passwords are stolen.
    • Password Authentication: One of the methods for Administrators and end users to log in to Mimecast is Password Authentication.
    • Configuring Integrated Windows Authentication: Integrated Windows Authentication allows login to Mimecast without entering a password.
    • Email Security Cloud Gateway - Single Sign On: Single Sign-On to the Mimecast applications.
    • Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) Authentication: Same and Single Sign-On access outside the organization.
    • 2-Step Authentication Overview: Learn more about our native 2-Step Authentication.
    • Configuring Outbound SMTP Authentication for On-Premise Devices and Application Servers: Outlines how to configure on-premise devices and application servers to send outbound mail.