Single sign-on

SECURITY  Full Access or Team Access privileges in File Protection Manager

NAVIGATION   File Protection Online > Configuration > Single Sign-On

This page allows you to configure and enable or disable single sign-on (SSO) for users.

The SSO feature provides an additional method for accessing File Protection Online. This, in turn, allows users to access their backups from any device without the need to first install File Protection Desktop. Users simply login to their IdP (Identity Provider) and the SAML 2.0 protocol is used to authenticate access to File Protection Online.

NOTE  For more information on the advantages of SSO, please refer to What are the benefits of using the File Protection single sign-on (SSO) feature? in our FAQs area.

Requirements

To enable the SSO feature, the following requirements must be met:

  • You must be a File Protection Manager user with Full Access or Team Access privileges, or a File protection user with Administrator permissions.
  • You must have an administrator account in the IdP.
  • The users that will utilize this feature must have accounts within and the IdP, and their email addresses for both must match.

If your IdP is not listed, use the information shown in the File Protection Online Single Sign-On tab to create a metadata XML file or URL from within your IdP. Please refer to your IdP's help for instructions on how to configure the application within their environment.

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