Telligent Connect w/Sitecore - Discussions - Telligent Community

We have a large, highly customized Sitecore implementation that we are adding community features to using Telligent Community 7. Due to the highly customized interface of our main site we are going to be integrating Community Server using the v2 REST API.

This system is completely closed requiring users to log into the site. This login process uses a dedicated SSO database that we built to tie into an existing system and is the entry point to the Sitecore powered site. On the Sitecore side we use virtual users as there was no reason to store the user in Sitecore. Given that, we need to do something similar with CS but I'm not sure where to start.

My assumption is that Telligent Connect won't work for us at all because we are using virtual users. Can anyone confirm (or, even better, accurately deny) this?

Having not used CS much personally I'm not sure the best/right way to start with tying our SSO users to their equivalent account in CS. Suggestions are welcome.

Thanks!

The user information is taken from Sitecore Context, if the username and email address can be obtained from there it will work, otherwise it will not. Specifically the connector calls Sitecore.Security.Accounts.User.Current.Name for usernames and Sitecore.Security.Accounts.User.Current.Profile.Email for email addresses

There are other caveats to be aware of when dealing with pre-established communities, the biggest one is the email and usernames must be identical, and Sitecore usually provides a domain name that doesn’t exist in Evolution. There is also the host identifier

I recommend reading this which explains the flow a bit more:

http://telligent.com/support/telligent_evolution_platform/community/w/community6/21614.understanding-the-host-key-and-authentication.aspx

Patrick Mason
Development Lead- Extensibility
o: 214.420.1329
telligent.com

From: Kyle Heon [mailto:bounce-kheon@communities.telligent.com]
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 7:17 AM
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Subject: [Bugs and Issues - Telligent Community] Telligent Connect w/Sitecore

My assumption is that Telligent Connect won't work for us at all because we are using virtual users. Can anyone confirm (or, even better, accurately deny) this?

Having not used CS much personally I'm not sure the best/right way to start with tying our SSO users to their equivalent account in CS. Suggestions are welcome.

Thanks!