Log on Impersonation and Integrated Security

When the DS Client is installed and deployed on the Windows platform, it uses the Log on Impersonation feature. This feature allows DS Client to perform backup/restore activities under the security context of that particular user account. Several such activities can be performed simultaneously, each under a different (or the same) user account, connecting to a different (or the same) network resource. This feature is especially valuable (and sometimes even essential) when connecting to resources on a Microsoft Windows Network.

Connecting to resources on a Microsoft Windows network

When supplying credentials to a resource on a Microsoft Windows network, the 'from' value determines if the user account should be authenticated (if the 'from' value is not <None>) or if a simple connection to the network resource should be made with the supplied credentials.