Rings a bell and I've come across this quite some time ago. Refer to the following, it probably relates to your situation: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/899927/you-are-redirected-to-a-logon-page-or-an-error-page-or-you-are-prompte
*The Web site in the hyperlink uses a Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication system that relies on HTTP session cookies for client identification. Even if you have already provided user credentials, you are prompted to provide the user credentials again.* Regards, RC On 20 January 2018 at 18:48, Tony Wright <tonyw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi people, > > I have an issue with an asp.net mvc application. Essentially, if I log > into the application, and I tick the "remember me" box, it stores a cookie > with the authentication details and logs me in. > > Any time I come back to that site within the timeframe set within the > context of that saved authentication cookie, I am logged in automatically. > That actually works ok, no problems there. > > But when the link to a page within my site is saved inside a Word > document, and I hold down the ctrl key and click the link, it opens up the > browser, attempts to go to the right web page, but it doesn't use the > cookie, so it requires me to log in again. > > Outside of Word, I can still put the link into the browser and it will > remember the security context and log me in. > > Has anyone else experienced this? Is it possible to get it to > automatically authenticate using the cookie, because this kind of behaviour > makes me feel like it was by design. > > Any ideas? > > Regards, > Tony > > >
