== LAS (Local Authentication Service) ==
When a local authentication is used, the session management service and the data service share the one database. This does not mean that a local authentication service has to be in the same location as the data webservice, only the database connection for both services have to be configured to use the same connection.
How to [[Configure LAS]]
== GAS (Global Authentication Service) ==
Global session management means that the session management is managing connections to one or more databases via a separate database used to manage these sessions.