Configure SSO with Salesforce as a SAML Service Provider
Configure your Salesforce org or Experience Cloud site as a service provider with SAML
single sign-on (SSO). With this SAML configuration, your users can log in to Salesforce with
credentials from an external identity provider.
Required Editions
Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience
Federated Authentication is available in: All
Editions
Delegated Authentication is available in:
Professional, Enterprise, Performance,
Unlimited, Developer, and Database.com
Editions
Authentication Providers are available in:
Professional, Enterprise, Performance,
Unlimited, and Developer Editions
User Permissions
Needed
To view the settings:
View Setup and Configuration
To edit the settings:
Customize Application
AND
Modify All Data
To configure Salesforce as a SAML service provider, complete these high-level steps.
Step 1: Gather Information from Your Identity Provider During a SAML single sign-on (SSO) flow where you use Salesforce as a service provider, your identity provider sends a SAML response to Salesforce, which Salesforce then validates. To make sure that Salesforce can recognize and validate the SAML response, gather SAML information from your identity provider so that you can share it with Salesforce.
Step 2: Create a SAML Single Sign-On Setting in Salesforce For SAML configurations where your org or Experience Cloud site acts as a service provider, create a SAML single sign-on (SSO) setting with the information from your identity provider.
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