Install on Company Intranet?

[wildweaselmi]

I am a big fan of vBulletin for my internet site MyWiseGuys. Now I have a desire to install this nice powerful forum in my intranet (no internet access) and was curious if it is possible and allowed.

Reason I ask is I know you have the need for license validation but if I am unable to connect to the internet will it pose an issue?

My other option is using Joomla and phpBB3 for forum, downloads, FAQ but I can do everything I do with these two products with vBulletin (except the project tracking isn't so good in vBulletin, sorry).

Final question is can vBulletin utilize Windows Active Directory for authentication?

[Dilly]

Yes, you can use it on an intranet. Just put intranet as the license address.

No vB doesn't support Windows Active Directory.

[wildweaselmi]

Thanks for the response. With that I can put together my demo and presentation (my sales pitch) to get the company to pay for vBulletin and provide a server.

[Shamil.]

Although it doesn't natively support LDAP authentication, there may be modifications over at vbulletin.org to make use of the protocol.

[traveller]

can vb 3.8 support ldap authentication?
How to do it?

[Shamil.]

can vb 3.8 support ldap authentication?
How to do it?

By default it doesn't. You might want to look at vBulletin.org to see if there is a modification that supports LDAP authentication.