Customer post-mortem: Issue with AD groups
Today I wrapped up one of the most challenging customer support issues we've ever had. In the end, the solution was ridiculously simple (as solutions often are), but it took many hours and misleading clues to get there (as it often does). Here's the story, along with the twists and turns. Gallery Server has supported Active Directory authentication for many years but until recently it hasn't supported integration with AD groups. This is really nice to have in corporate environments because you don't have to manage a separate set of roles, especially the addition and removal of AD accounts to/from roles. Gallery Server recognizes your AD groups, including their members, and uses them to secure your gallery access. We couldn't fit this feature into the initial 4.0 release but we announced on our website that it would be available by the third quarter of 2016. In June 2016, a customer from Norway approached us [...]