User Authentication Set Up Single Sign-On for Your Internal Users

What are the advantages of SSO for Salesforce

1) Admin spends less time managing passwords. 2) Employees/Users save time when they don't have to manually log in to Salesforce @ 5-20 seconds to log in to an online application 3) More people use Salesforce. 4) Users can send out links to Salesforce records and reports, and their recipients can open them in a single click. 5) You can manage access to sensitive information from one place

Set up single sign-on (SSO) from an external identity provider in Salesforce

1) Create a Salesforce custom domain (really Subdomain aka My Domain) 2) Create a Federation ID for each user. 3) Set up SSO settings in Salesforce. 4) Set up Salesforce settings in the SSO provider. 5) Make sure it all works

What do you need for SSO login process in Salesforce?

1) Custom Domain with Custom Login Page 2) SSO setup for your Salesforce Subdomain (aka "Custom Domain" or "My Domain")

What is Inbound versus Outbound SSO in Salesforce?

1) inbound SSO—users log in somewhere else, like an on-premises app, and then access Salesforce without logging in. 2) outbound SSO - users login in Salesforce and can access other applications through SSO

What is (SAML)

Security Association Markup Language

Create a Federation ID

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What are tools to troubleshoot SAML requests.

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