A Sandcastle Documented Class Library

# IProviderConnector Authenticate Method

Authenticates using the specified credential provider ID.

Namespace: Dundas.BI.Data.DataProviders
Assembly: Dundas.BI.Core (in Dundas.BI.Core.dll) Version: 2.0.0.0 (10.0.0.1002)
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    CredentialContext Authenticate(
    	Guid credentialProviderId
    )

    Function Authenticate (
    	credentialProviderId As Guid
    ) As CredentialContext

    CredentialContext^ Authenticate(
    	Guid credentialProviderId
    )

    abstract Authenticate :
            credentialProviderId : Guid -> CredentialContext

#### Parameters

credentialProviderId
  Type: System
  Guid
  ID of the credential provider.

#### Return Value

Type: CredentialContext
The credential context.
Remarks
This method is provided for advanced scenarios and should be used only if necessary. The data provider need to set ManualAuthentication to
to inform the data connector that the authentication is done by the data provider.
See Also

#### Reference

IProviderConnector Interface
Dundas.BI.Data.DataProviders Namespace