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Generic SSO

Generic SSO. Wednesday, June 23 rd Jan den Hartog Lauren Banks. What is SSO ?. SSO stands for Single Sign-On finalsite defines SSO as the ability to log in to a website from another website without having to log in a second time. What are the benefits of SSO?.

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Generic SSO

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  1. Generic SSO Wednesday, June 23rd Jan den Hartog Lauren Banks

  2. What is SSO? • SSO stands for Single Sign-On • finalsite defines SSO as the ability to log in to a website from another website without having to log in a second time

  3. What are the benefits of SSO? • Reduce password fatigue for your constituents • Facilitate credentials management for your system administrators • Simplify navigation between multiple systems, using finalsite portals as the main entry point for your constituents

  4. How does SSO work? • Token-based authentication • Key-based authentication • Standards-based • Passed credentials

  5. The end-user perspective • Using multiple systems can be confusing to your end-users, but is often unavoidable • Use finalsite portals to seamlessly connect your constituents to multiple systems

  6. How do I manage SSO on my site? • SSOs will be managed via Constituent Manger • Enabled SSOs will appear in red; site admins will have access to manage login credentials. • SSOs enabled in Constituent Manager will be available for adding to SSO portal elements.

  7. How do I add SSO links? • From the unpublished tab of your portal page, create (or edit) an SSO element • The available SSO links will appear in the dropdown menu • Choose an SSO link, then edit the link text that appears in the element text box • Multiple SSO links may be added to a single element • Multiple SSO elements can be added to a single portal page

  8. What SSOs are currently available? • Google Apps for Education • Moodle • pickAtime • Net Directories • Blackbaud NetCommunity • inResonance FAM • PCR Educator • Senior Systems My Backpack • Veracross • Britannica • CQ Research • CultureGrams • EBSCO • Facts on File • Grolier • Infotrac • JSTOR • NetTrekker • Oxford Art and Music • SIRS • World Book • World and I School

  9. finalsite Custom SSO • Create your own SSO from finalsite into another system • The other system must allow you to write “plug-ins” or directly access the software code • You will have to write the software to handle the incoming SSO (or commission a third party to do so) • There must be a common data point between both systems • Configure the SSO parameters in finalsite, including a shared key

  10. New Development 2010 • Naviance • Sharepoint

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