https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Is-it-possible-to-have-Metadata-Server-on-Windows-and-SASApp/m-p/368064#M9050 Hmmm what do you mean by normally?<BR />In a scenario where you have metadata server on both hosts, they are considered as separate environments. Please describe your architecture in Moore detail to avoid the answers given to you just being confusing. Sun, 18 Jun 2017 07:02:07 GMT LinusH 2017-06-18T07:02:07Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Is-it-possible-to-have-Metadata-Server-on-Windows-and-SASApp/m-p/367973#M9044 Sat, 17 Jun 2017 21:01:07 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Is-it-possible-to-have-Metadata-Server-on-Windows-and-SASApp/m-p/367973#M9044 egrish 2017-06-17T21:01:07Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Is-it-possible-to-have-Metadata-Server-on-Windows-and-SASApp/m-p/367987#M9045 <P>Yes. You will need to consider how the users authenticated via the metadata server on Windows (most commonly host authenticated via Active Directory) will be provided access to SAS Workspace Servers on the UNIX/Linux server. Common options include SAS Token Authentication, so the SAS processes run as a service account (e.g. sassrv), or configuring the UNIX/Linux server to also authenticate against Active Directory too (to support running the SAS processes as the requesting user). &nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Sat, 17 Jun 2017 21:56:03 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Is-it-possible-to-have-Metadata-Server-on-Windows-and-SASApp/m-p/367987#M9045 PaulHomes 2017-06-17T21:56:03Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Is-it-possible-to-have-Metadata-Server-on-Windows-and-SASApp/m-p/368048#M9047 <P>Thanks for quikly and detailed answer!</P><P>But in the case when&nbsp;SAS UNIX and SAS Windows both have own Metadata Servers - it seems they will not able to operate normally?</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 18 Jun 2017 04:51:44 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Is-it-possible-to-have-Metadata-Server-on-Windows-and-SASApp/m-p/368048#M9047 egrish 2017-06-18T04:51:44Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Is-it-possible-to-have-Metadata-Server-on-Windows-and-SASApp/m-p/368064#M9050 Hmmm what do you mean by normally?<BR />In a scenario where you have metadata server on both hosts, they are considered as separate environments. Please describe your architecture in Moore detail to avoid the answers given to you just being confusing. Sun, 18 Jun 2017 07:02:07 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Is-it-possible-to-have-Metadata-Server-on-Windows-and-SASApp/m-p/368064#M9050 LinusH 2017-06-18T07:02:07Z