Basic user (Security node)

There are two user account types in Milestone XProtect VMS: Basic users and Windows users.

Basic users are user accounts that you create in Milestone XProtect VMS. It is a dedicated system user account with a basic user name and password authentication for the individual user.

Windows users are user accounts that you add through Microsoft's Active Directory.

There are some differences between basic users and Windows users:

• Basic users are authenticated by a user name and password combination and are specific to one system/site. Note that even if a basic user created at one federated site has the same name and password as a basic user on another federate site, the basic user only has access to the site it has been created on.
• Windows users are authenticated based on their Windows login and are specific to a machine.