Re: MDX Sample App broken by 2005

I talk about this a bit in the AS Operations Guide in the security
section -- I give several workarounds (albeit with various security issues
associated with the). You might find it useful as an alternative to http
access if this is all you are using http access for (i.e. to cross untrusted
domains)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2000/maintain/anservog.mspx
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Dave Wickert [MSFT]
dwickert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Program Manager
BI Systems Team
SQL BI Product Unit (Analysis Services)
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"James" <aa1948@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi Peter, Windows authentication wouldn't work since client and server are
> in
> different non-trusted domains. If Windows auth would work, I wouldn't need
> HTTP.
>
> I did follow the article you mention and also installed OLEDB 9 on the
> client.
> Can you get it to work in a scenario where client and server are in
> separate
> non-trusted domains? The user signed-in at the client must not exist with
> the
> same password on the server.
>
> I'm open to suggestions as of how I can access my AS server from outside
> the
> domain.
>
>
>
> "Peter Yang [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> To understand the issue better, I'd like to know how you configure
>> authentication method for the 2005 olap VD, do you use Windows
>> authentication or basic authentication?
>>
>> You may want to refer to the following article:
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/httpasws.mspx
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Peter Yang
>> MCSE2000/2003, MCSA, MCDBA
>> Microsoft Online Partner Support
>>
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>> | I'm using the MDX Sample Application to access our AS2000 SP3 cubes via
>> HTTP,
>> | with success.
>> |
>> | I've tried the same with AS2005, and I get all sorts of errors,
>> although
>> I
>> | allways try to connect in the same manner.
>> | For instance "Unable to establish connection. Object or provider is not
>> | capable of performing operation", or
>> | "XML parsing failed at line 1, column 0: A document must contain
>> exactly
>> one
>> | root element"
>> |
>> | The connection string for the failing AS2005 access:
>> | "http://SERVER/olap/msmdpump.dll;prompt=1";, and the provider MSOLAP.3
>> |
>> | For AS2000 access (and this is working fine): "http://SERVER/VirtDir/";,
>> and
>> | the provider MSOLAP.2
>> |
>> | The client and the server are in 2 separate, non-trusted domains
>> (otherwise
>> | I wouldn't need to use HTTP)
>> |
>> |
>> |
>>
>>


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