The Directory Access page of the Configure Web Synchronization Wizard lets you specify the client accounts that require access to the virtual directory. The client accounts can be either Groups or Users.

Options

Groups or User Names

After Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) authenticates the client, IIS checks whether the client is authorized to start replication or remote data access (RDA). To control the clients that can invoke replication or RDA, you require NTFS file system permissions on the SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Agent in SQL Server Compact 3.5, or SQL Server Replication Listener in SQL Server. You also require a content folder and the UNC snapshot share (when you use merge replication). Proper configuration of permissions is very important to prevent unauthorized access to SQL Server.

Click Add to include groups and users as the valid client accounts to access SQL Server. The appropriate NTFS permissions are added to the Windows groups or user accounts that are specified.

The Virtual Directory Will Be Used for SQL Server Merge Replication with a Snapshot Share

If your application uses merge replication and a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) configured snapshot share, not an FTP-configured snapshot share only, NTFS Read permissions are required on the snapshot folder and the share.

Select this check box if one or more of the following states exists:

• A UNC snapshot share has already been created and specified during the configuration of the SQL Server Distributor.

• The UNC snapshot share has been created and will be specified when the SQL Server Distributor is configured.