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Prior to Velocity 3.7 SP1 release, the Velocity Web Service Client (VWSC) application used the Anonymous Authentication mode, which used the Forms Authentication Provider. As a result, when you initially hit the VWSC website, a login page displays and is authenticated by the Velocity Web Service.
Starting from the Velocity 3.7 SP1 release, the Administrator can disable Anonymous Authentication and define Windows Authentication to support Auto-Login capability. For users logged in as an authorized Velocity operator in the Velocity domain into in Windows system on their device, the VWSC login page is by-passed bypassed to enable the Auto-Login feature.
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