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Federated Partnerships to Enable SSO

The hosting administrator configures federated partnerships between your organization and your business partners to facilitate SSO transactions. The deployment determines the types of partnerships that are required, the SAML or WS-Federation profiles, and the attributes added to assertions.

When the hosting administrator sets up a partnership, the administrator can require information from you. If the hosting administrator is setting up a partnership with a well-known site, such as Facebook or Google, the required setup information can be minimal. The hosting administrator determines the appropriate protocols and authentication schemes for the deployment.

For a less well-known partner, the hosting administrator can require more information, such as:

• Federation protocol in use for SSO communication.
• Authentication method to collect proper credentials.
• Encryption algorithm that is required.
• User attributes that you require in the assertion.

Work together with the hosting administrator so that the deployment satisfies your requirements and the necessary information is available.