With MyWorkDrive, you may choose if you wish to require SSL/TLS encryption from a trusted certificate for all connections, cookies, and session tokens from all providers. This includes SSO, MFA, Office Online Editing, Storage Connections, Document viewers, etc.

To enable this setting, go to the Settings page in the server’s admin panel and select Require SSL.

This setting applies to all connections to and from your server. Not just those involving the web client browser or client installations.

Common connection types include:

• SSO/SAML logins

• Built-in viewers for documents and PDFs

• Integrations with OneDrive, SharePoint, or Azure Storage

• Office document editing via Microsoft or third-party services

Make sure to account for these scenarios when configuring your server’s connection settings.

When SSL Required is enabled, but all connections cannot be verified by a trusted certificate, you may get SSL/TLS errors or blank pages in the application.

Reasons You Might Disable SSL Required

• You are testing internally and are not using SSL/TLS Encryption for your client connection.

• You are using SSL Offloading, and the connection between MyWorkDrive and your proxy is not encrypted.

• Some element used with MyWorkDrive uses a self-signed certificate, which is not trusted/validated by a CA.

Version History

6.4.1 and earlier

In MyWorkDrive 6.4.1 and earlier, this setting was available, but was not enabled by default.

6.4.2

In MyWorkDrive 6.4.2 and later, this setting is enabled by default for new installations. It can be disabled if required. Upgrades of existing 6.4.1 and earlier installs retain the setting of the existing installation.

7.0

With Active Directory Identity, the setting works the same as 6.4.2 - it is on by default for new installations, can be disabled if required, and retains the existing setting for upgrades from earlier versions

With Entra ID Identity, since Microsoft requires a secure connection for OIDC authentication and the Storage API for data connections to Azure, Require SSL is always enabled, and there is no option to disable it.