How to Connect to Analysis Services from Client Management Studio?

From my client machine, I have no trouble accessing the Database Engine of my 2005 server in SQL Server Management Studio since I can use SQL Server Authentication. However, Analysis Services (at least how my server is configured right now) only allows Windows Authentication and I can connect. For what it's worth, I can't connect to the Database Engine either on my client using Windows Authentication.

What do I need to do to connect to Analysis Services from my client Management Studio?
Like AS2K (and in fact all previous versions of OLAP and Analysis Services), we only support trusted connections from users to AS (both for queries and for administration/operators).

When Analysis Services itself connects to the backend RDBMS, that can be either trusted or SQL logins.

_-_-_ Dave|||

Dave Wickert wrote:

Like AS2K (and in fact all previous versions of OLAP and Analysis Services), we only support trusted connections from users to AS (both for queries and for administration/operators).

When Analysis Services itself connects to the backend RDBMS, that can be either trusted or SQL logins.

_-_-_ Dave

Dave, thanks for the reply. So how do I enable "trusted" logins for AS, if that's possible that is?
|||I figured it out.
I had to make an exception for port 2383 (or whatever the default port is for Analysis Services) in Windows Firewall on the Analysis Services server.
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Dear Dave ,

I am slightly less experienced , and wonder if you could answer some questions for me .

I am running MsSQL2005 and AS on a server .I have built cubes in server .Have had great difficulty in browsing the cube from any remote machine .

Initial problems were associated with the AS server not being able to authenticate the client .

I then put the server and client into the same domain .

I registered an existing user in the domain , into the server users , as member of the various sql groups (olap and other ) .

In the server (AS) user groups , should there be an OLAP administrator group.? I see only an OLAP user group ?

I also granted this domain user login to the sqlserver .

The client is now able to connect to the sqlserver and the Analysis server , using "windows authentication" with one catch .(Previously the cliebnt could connect to the sqlserver using username -pwd authentication .

There are no AS databases listed , no cubes shown etc . The client also has no authority to create a new database in the analysis server .

I am just wondering , what are all the prerequisites to get the client to be able to view the analysis service cubes ?

How can one verify that you have correctly setup the windows authentication required for AS , while you are logged into the server and sql manager ?

What is the correct setting for datasource property ?

Sorry for making such a long story .

any comments appreciated