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Passport Administration Utility Help
This Help file contains context-sensitive help for Passport Manager Administration. For more information, see either the Passport Software Development Kit (SDK) Web site or Passport_SDK.chm in your SDK installation directory.


Provides a space for you to type the location of the Web server that is being administered with Passport Manager Administration.


Click to browse your local area network for the location of a remote Web server.


Displays the NetBIOS name of the Web server that is currently administered with Passport Manager Administration. The default value is Local Host, but you can override this with the Passport Manager application programming interface (API).


Displays the path on the Web server where the Passport Software Development Kit (SDK) is installed. The default value is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Passport, but you can override this with the Passport Manager application programming interface (API). Both Passport libraries and Passport Manager Administration are installed at systemroot\System32.


Displays the Passport Manager dynamic-link library (DLL) version that is installed on the Web server.


Provides a space for you to type a value (in seconds) for Time Window, which specifies how long a user can use an existing ticket before being prompted to re-authenticate. This value can be set from 100 through 1 million. The default value is 14400, but you can override this with the Passport Manager application programming interface (API).


Specifies whether user sign-ins that occur outside of the value in Time Window require re-authentication.


Lists the available language preferences for Passport Manager. You can select the language that is used to display Passport user interface to the user when connecting to the login, registration, and other network servers. The default value is 1033 (English), but you can override this with the Passport Manager application programming interface (API).


Specifies the default CoBrandArgs string. This string is used any time that a specific CoBrandArgs value is not provided when using the Passport Manager methods. This value is appended to the CoBrandURL and its trailing question mark (?). It is used to return a JScript file that contains the required co-branding elements. The CoBrandURL is specified during site registration, and cannot be changed with Passport Manager Administration. For more information, see the Passport Software Development Kit (SDK).


Displays the site ID for the Web site. The site ID is determined when a participating Passport Web site is registered. Do not change this value after initially setting it, unless either the site is newly registered or you have otherwise been directed to do so by Passport representatives or technical support.


Provides a space for you to type the default URL for Passport Manager. Member servers are returned to this URL after reaching a Passport network server.


Provides a space for you to type the cookie domain that Passport Manager uses when creating ticket and profile cookies (for example, cookie.northwindtraders.com).


Provides a space for you to type the path to which Passport ticket and profile cookies are written (for example, /tickets).


Specifies whether your Passport-enabled Web site operates in stand-alone mode. This option should be used only in cases of Passport network failure.


Disables the use of cookies with Passport Manager. If you disable cookies, all profile information must be passed from one Web page to the next through use of the query string. This practice is not recommended, because it requires custom query string handling and code to handle HTTP requests.


Sets all of the specified values in the registry. The options selected in Passport Manager Administration become effective immediately.


Restores all selections to either installation default values or to the last saved values.


Provides a space for you to type the alternate URL where member servers are redirected in the event of a failure (that is, when stand-alone mode is enabled). This URL must include the complete domain name, path, and file name, for example, http://www.northwindtraders.com/dir/file.htm.


Specifies or provides a space for you to type the friendly name of the Web site. The friendly name is not required to be the name of the Web site in Internet Information Services (IIS), its host name, or its IP address.


Click to add a new Web site. You are required to provide a friendly name of 1 through 255 characters, a host name, and an IP address in dotted-decimal notation (for example, 192.168.255.255).


Removes the displayed or selected Web site.


Displays or provides a space for you to type the host name for the currently selected Web site. This host name is used when Passport Manager determines from which Web site a request originates.


Displays or provides a space for you to type the IP address for the currently selected Web site. This IP address is used when Passport Manager determines which Web site a request originates from. IP addresses must be provided in dotted-decimal notation (for example, 192.168.255.255).


Provides a space for you to type the domain that Passport Manager uses when writing consent cookies (for example, consent.northwindtraders.com). Set this value only if your site consists of separate properties that share a common root for ticket and profile cookies site-wide. The consent domain should be the tertiary domain. The cookie domain should be the secondary domain.


Provides a space for you to type the path to which consent cookies are written (for example, /consent).


Provides a space for you to type the cookie domain that Passport Manager uses when creating secure cookies (for example, cookie.northwindtraders.com).


Provides a space for you to type the path where Passport secure cookies are written (for example, /secure). This is a separate path for secure cookies for HTTPS only and is recommended for correct WebTV handling of secure cookies.


Use Verbose Mode to continuously generate a log file of all Passport Manager activities. Use this mode only when debugging API inputs and outputs, and for short periods of time in order to avoid generating large log files. For more information, see the Passport Software Development Kit (SDK).


Specifies the environment in which Passport Manager is configured to run. This affects which servers and environments Passport Manager API calls will point to, such as LoginUser. For more information, see the Passport Software Development Kit (SDK).


Describes the current environment in which Passport Manager is configured to run. To change the environment, click Change.  In Choose Environment, click your new environment, and then click OK.


Specifies whether to allow manual refreshing of the network map. The network map specifies to the server on the partner site where to locate Passport services.


Specifies whether the network map is refreshed when you click Commit Changes. The network map specifies where to locate Passport services to the server on the partner site.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the new Web site.


Provides a space for you to type the name of an environment.


Click for more information about environments at the Microsoft Web site.