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title: "Security Properties | Microsoft Docs"
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  - "SecurityPackageList property"
  - "BuiltinAdminsAreServerAdmins property"
  - "DisableClientImpersonation property"
  - "ErrorMessageMode property"
  - "RequiredProtectionLevel property"
  - "ServiceAccountIsServerAdmin property"
  - "RequireClientAuthentication property"
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# Security Properties
  [!INCLUDE[ssASnoversion](../../includes/ssasnoversion-md.md)] supports the security server properties listed in the following table. For more information about additional server properties and how to set them, see [Configure Server Properties in Analysis Services](server-properties-in-analysis-services.md).  
  
 **Applies to:** Multidimensional and Tabular server mode  
  
## Properties  
 `RequireClientAuthentication`  
 A Boolean property that indicates whether client authentication is required.  
  
 The default value for this property is True, which indicates that client authentication is required.  
  
 `SecurityPackageList`  
 A string property that contains a comma-separated list of SSPI packages used by server for client authentication.  
  
 `DisableClientImpersonation`  
 A Boolean property that indicates whether client impersonation (for example, from stored procedures) is disabled.  
  
 The default value for this property is False, which indicates that client impersonation is enabled.  
  
 `BuiltinAdminsAreServerAdmins`  
 A Boolean property that indicates whether members of the local machine administrators group are [!INCLUDE[ssASnoversion](../../includes/ssasnoversion-md.md)] administrators.  
  
 `ServiceAccountIsServerAdmin`  
 A Boolean property that indicates whether the service account is a server administrator.  
  
 The default value for this property is True, which indicates that the service account is a server administrator.  
  
 `ErrorMessageMode`  
 An advanced property that you should not change, except under the guidance of [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../includes/msconame-md.md)] support.  
  
 `DataProtection\ RequiredProtectionLevel`  
 A signed 32-bit integer property that defines the required protection level for all client requests. This property has one of the values listed in the following table.  
  
|Value|Description|  
|-----------|-----------------|  
|*0*|None, clear text allowed.|  
|*1*|(Default) Encryption required, no clear-text logging.|  
|*2*|Clear-text requests allowed but only with signatures (weaker protection than encryption).|  
  
 `AdministrativeDataProtection\ RequiredProtectionLevel`  
 An advanced property that you should not change, except under the guidance of [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../includes/msconame-md.md)] support.  
  
## See Also  
 [Configure Server Properties in Analysis Services](server-properties-in-analysis-services.md)   
 [Determine the Server Mode of an Analysis Services Instance](../instances/determine-the-server-mode-of-an-analysis-services-instance.md)