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SenseAdapt Hosting Options
SenseAdapt can be hosted one of 3 ways depending on the setup of your TFS Servers and your environment and security needs.
On-Premise Standalone Server
On Premise Standalone Server is a popular choice where customers have concerns about having the SenseAdapt software running on their TFS Application Server. It may be that there is a hosting agreement for their TFS box which is incompatible with having SenseAdapt installed on that particular server, in this case an on premise standalone server usually works out best.
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- Configuration File Username and Password This places a TFS username and password in the configuration file. The app communicates with TFS as this user
- TFS Impersonation - This allows SenseAdapt to impersonate a user using an account authorised for this in TFS
- IIS App Pool Identity - SenseAdapt accesses TFS using the identity of the IIS App Pool account that Sense Adapt is configured under
On Premise TFS Server
On Premise is usually the smallest footprint installation of SenseAdapt. This is because SenseAdapt is installed on one of the existing TFS Application Servers.
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On Premise TFS Server supports the following security configurations *IIS App Pool Identity - SenseAdapt accesses TFS using the identity of the IIS App Pool account that Sense Adapt is configured under * Configuration File Username and Password - This places a TFS username and password in the configuration file. The app communicates with TFS as this user *User Application Pool Impersonation - SenseAdapt will run as the user that logs into the SenseAdapt website using app pool impersonation with NTLM
VSTS - Visual Studio Team Services
SenseAdapt is also available from VSTS and installed via the marketplace. If you would like to know more, please visit the following link.