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Initiate WS-Federation Single Sign-on at the Account Partner

To initiate WS-Federation single sign-on, a user clicks on a page with hard-coded HTML link. This HTML link directs the browser of the user to the single sign-on service at the Account Partner. The Account Partner then redirects the user to the Resource Partner.

The link that initiates single sign-on can be included at any site, but it must always first direct the user to the Account Partner.

The syntax for the link is:

https://AP:port/affwebservices/public/wsfedsso?wa=wsignin1.0&wtrealm=RP_ID

ap_server:port

Specifies the server and port number of the system at the Account Partner. The system is hosting the Web Agent Option Pack or the SPS federation gateway, depending on which component is installed in your federation network.

Note: You do not need to HTTP-encode the query parameters.