Do I need to import AD users/groups into a database from which StrataFrame can retrieve user data for authentication and authorization?  Or, can I simply use these entities directly (database connection to the AD database directly)?  I really do not want to use anything other than the active directory.  All of my necessary data is already there.  I really did search through both the documentation and the forums for an answer but I missed it somewhere.

Thanks,
Bill

See http://forum.strataframe.net/Topic13101-6-1.aspx.  This may be the root of the problem...the security DB cannot be in the development SF DB, but must be relocated for runtime use.  Yup...that makes sense! 

Yep, that's the one... the database reachable by our MicroFour.StrataFrame.Security.SecurityBasics.SecurityDataSourceKey needs to contain the SFSPreferences table (and all of the rest of the SFSx tables... save for the SFSProjects table, which is only needed at design-time).