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SAML Service Provider Dialog Prerequisites

The following prerequisites must be met in order to successfully create a policy or affiliate domain using the SAML Service Provider dialog:

• Your SiteMinder administrator account must have the Manage Domain Objects privilege.
• The Affiliate Domain in which the SAML Service Provider is to be configured must preexist.
• The Policy Server Session Server must be configured. The session store is where assertions are stored before they are forwarded to the Federation Web Services application.
• Federation Web Services must be installed on a system.

  Federation Web Services can be installed by the Web Agent Option Pack or by the SPS federation gateway.

• The federated Service Provider site must be set up as a SAML 2.0 Service Provider. The SAML assertions generated at the Policy Server must be forwarded to an application at the Service Provider that can receive and interpret the assertions. The SAML Affiliate Agent and the SAML Credential Collector (installed with the Web Agent Option Pack or SPS federation gateway) can both act as SAML consumers.

  Note: For information about the SAML Affiliate Agent, see the SAML Affiliate Agent Guide.