Contents
- 1 What does identity provider mean in Federated authentication?
- 2 How does a federated login work on a website?
- 3 How is Federated authentication service used in Office 365?
- 4 What is the Federated authentication service in Citrix?
- 5 Why do we need SIGNOUT external cookie for external login?
- 6 What does the Citrix Federated authentication service do?
What does identity provider mean in Federated authentication?
An organization/service that provides authentication to their sub-systems are called Identity Providers. They provide federated identity authentication to the service provider/relying party. By using a common identity provider, relying applications can easily access other applications and web sites using single sign on (SSO).
How does a federated login work on a website?
When users want access to another connected domain, they don’t have to provide credentials to the corresponding service providers. Instead, when there’s a login attempt, that application sends a request to the user’s identity provider. It approves the request, after which the login happens.
How to install the Federated authentication Service ( FAS )?
The Federated Authentication Service article describes how to install and configure the FAS. A key NetScaler authentication technology allows integration with Microsoft ADFS, which can act as a SAML Identity Provider (IdP).
What does federated identity mean in Microsoft Office?
Microsoft states that federated identity is the ability to “Delegate authentication to an external identity provider. This can simplify development, minimize the requirement for user administration, and improve the user experience of the application.”
How is Federated authentication service used in Office 365?
ADFS is commonly used to securely authenticate users to corporate resources remotely over the Internet; for example, it is often used for Office 365 integration. The Federated Authentication Service ADFS deployment article contains details. The Federated Authentication Service article describes how to install and configure FAS.
What is the Federated authentication service in Citrix?
The Federated Authentication Service (FAS) is a Citrix component that integrates with your Active Directory certificate authority (CA), allowing users to be seamlessly authenticated within a Citrix environment.
How to disable or enable federated sharing for your exchange organization?
You must use the Shell. This example disables the OrgID and disables federation and federated sharing for the Exchange organization. This example enables the OrgID and re-enables federation and federated sharing for the Exchange organization. For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-FederatedOrganizationIdentifier.
Where to find the Federated authentication service icon?
An icon (Citrix Federated Authentication Service) is placed in the Start Menu. The console attempts to automatically locate the FAS servers in your environment using the Group Policy configuration. If this fails, see the Configure Group Policy section.
In order to get the external claim identity and then convert external identity to local identity. I have a little bit confusion why we have to call SignOut external cookie in this case. Also, I’m not sure whether External Cookie is a must when using external login, or do we have other ways around without using External Cookie.
What does the Citrix Federated authentication service do?
The Citrix Federated Authentication Service is a privileged component designed to integrate with Active Directory Certificate Services. It dynamically issues certificates for users, allowing them to log on to an Active Directory environment as if they had a smart card.