Configuring Ws Federation; Using The Identity Server As An Identity Provider For Adfs - Novell ACCESS MANAGER 3.1 SP2 - IDENTITY SERVER GUIDE 2010 Manual

Configuring WS Federation

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The first two topics in this section describe two different methods for setting up federation with a
SharePoint server. The next sections describe how you can manage and modify WS Federation
providers.
Section 10.1, "Using the Identity Server as an Identity Provider for ADFS," on page 251
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Section 10.2, "Using the ADFS Server as an Identity Provider for an Access Manager Protected
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Resource," on page 262
 Section 10.3, "Managing WS Federation Providers," on page 268
Section 10.4, "Modifying a WS Federation Identity Provider," on page 269
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Section 10.5, "Modifying a WS Federation Service Provider," on page 273
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10.1 Using the Identity Server as an Identity
Provider for ADFS
The Identity Server can provide authentication for resources protected by an Active Directory
Federation Services (ADFS) server. This allows the Identity Server to provide single sign-on to
Access Manager resources and ADFS resources, such as a SharePoint server.
this configuration.
Accessing SharePoint Resources with an Identity Server
Figure 10-1
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In this scenario, the following exchanges occur:
1. The user requests access to a SharePoint server protected by the ADFS server.
2. The resource sends an authentication request to the ADFS server.
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Figure 10-1 illustrates
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