As a good security practice, all TechDoc traffic (and for that matter, almost all web application traffic) should be conducted over HTTPS. On Windows, TechDoc runs underneath IIS so almost all IIS features and capabilities can be applied to the TechDoc web application. One fix for HTTPS is to simply set your web site to require HTTPS only.
Since version 7, TechDoc has had the ability to integrate directly with most standalone email clients through the use of the IMAP/IMAPS protocol. There are vast array of email clients out there and most support IMAP these days: Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla ThunderBird, Evolution, etc. Once you've connected your email client to your TechDoc user account, you'll be able to simply drag emails from your inbox directly into folders within TechDoc!
In this post we'll detail the steps required to configure both SharePoint 2010 and Active Directory Federation Services v3 (ADFS) to provide SAML Claims based authentication. Once configured, you will be able to select and use ADFS as a Trusted Identity Provider for any of your SharePoint Web Applications. In order to complete this tutorial, you must have administrative access to both the ADFS server and the SharePoint 2010 Central Administration site.
