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Setting Up and Managing KnowledgeTree > Administration > Users and Groups > Authentication

KnowledgeTree provides the following authentication methods:

Note: Choose your preferred authentication method when adding users to KnowledgeTree. If you need to switch the authentication method at a later stage, you will need to delete the old user profiles and add the users again.

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Database authentication - this is KnowledgeTree's inbuilt, default authentication method. User's authenticate on login, and KnowledgeTree verifies the user's login credentials and permissions against its internal database - users are allowed or denied access to documents and folders, and to document and folder actions, based on permissions assigned to their user profile.

•	External authentication - uses the credentials of your organization's central authentication infrastructure, such Active Directory or LDAP, to control access to KnowledgeTree.

Note on concurrent sessions:

When adding users, the KnowledgeTree system administrator defines the number of concurrent active sessions the user may have - set a minimum number to prevent multiple users from logging in via the same authenticated user profile, simultaneously, and/or from different computers. The default is three. For more on this topic, see Adding New Users.