# AccountType

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Account type enumeration.

- **Full name:** `MFiles.AccountType`
- **Proto file:** [`mfiles/enums.proto`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/downloads/proto/mfiles/enums.proto)

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## Values

| Name | Number | Description |
|---|---|---|
| <a id="v-ACCOUNT_TYPE_UNINITIALIZED"></a>`ACCOUNT_TYPE_UNINITIALIZED` | 0 | Uninitialized. |
| <a id="v-ACCOUNT_TYPE_MFILES"></a>`ACCOUNT_TYPE_MFILES` | 1 | M-Files authentication. |
| <a id="v-ACCOUNT_TYPE_WINDOWS"></a>`ACCOUNT_TYPE_WINDOWS` | 2 | Windows authentication. |

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## Used by methods

- [IRPCLogin.GetAuthenticationConfiguration](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCLogin/GetAuthenticationConfiguration/index.md): Tells a client, before login, whether to authenticate with an authentication plug-in (single sign-on) and returns the plug-in's client-side configuration.

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## Used in fields

- [`Login.account_type`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.Login/index.md#f-account_type): Account type (e.g. M-Files or Windows).
- [`SessionData.account_type`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.SessionData/index.md#f-account_type): Whether the login account is an M-Files or a Windows account.
- [`GetAuthenticationConfigurationRequest.type`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCLogin/GetAuthenticationConfiguration/index.md#request): The account type to find a configuration for. Leave unset when unknown.