Creating Affiliate Applications for Host Initiated SSO
You can define two types of applications:
Individual There is a one-to-one relationship between Windows users and non-Windows users.
Host Group Multiple non-Windows users can be mapped to the same Windows account.
To create an affiliate application using the MMC Snap-In
Click Start, point to Programs, click Microsoft Enterprise Single Sign-On, and then click SSO Administration.
In the scope pane of the ENTSSO MMC Snap-In, expand the Enterprise Single Sign-On node.
Right-click Affiliate Applications, and then click New to start the Create New Affiliate Application Wizard.
Use the wizard to select the properties of your affiliate application.
To create an individual type affiliate application using the command line
Click Start, click Run, type
cmd
, and then click OK.At the command prompt, go to the Enterprise Single Sign-On installation directory.
The default is <drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\Enterprise Single Sign-On.
Type
ssomanage –createapps <AffApp.xml>
, where AffApp.xml is the name of the xml file.The following is a sample file:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <SSO> <application name="SSOApp_Host1"> <description>An Individual Type Affiliate Application for Host Initiated SSO</description> <contact>someone@companyname.com</contact> <appUserAccount>DomainName\AppUserGroup_HISSO</appUserAccount> <appAdminAccount>DomainName\AppAdminGroup_HISSO</appAdminAccount> <field ordinal="0" label="User ID" masked="no" /> <field ordinal="1" label="Password" masked="yes" /> <flags windowsInitiatedSSO="no" enableApp="yes" /> </application> </SSO>
To create a host group type affiliate application
Click Start, click Run, type
cmd
, and then click OK.At the command prompt, go to the Enterprise Single Sign-On installation directory.
The default is <drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\Enterprise Single Sign-On.
Type
ssomanage –createapps <AffApp.xml>
, where AffApp.xml is the name of the xml file.The following is a sample file:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <SSO> <application name="SSOApp_HostGroupApp1"> <description>A Group Type Affiliate Application for Host Initiated SSO associating multiple non-Windows user to a single Windows user account(DomainName\WindowsUserAccount1)</description> <contact>someone@companyname.com</contact> <windowsAccount>DomainName\WindowsUserAccount1</windowsAccount> <appAdminAccount>DomainName\AppAdminGroup_HISSO</appAdminAccount> <field ordinal="0" label="User ID" masked="no" /> <field ordinal="1" label="Password" masked="yes" /> <flags enableApp="yes" /> </application> </SSO>
To create an affiliate application supporting both Windows initiated SSO and host initiated SSO
Click Start, click Run, type
cmd
, and then click OK.At the command prompt, go to the Enterprise Single Sign-On installation directory.
The default is <drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\Enterprise Single Sign-On.
Type
ssomanage –createapps <AffApp.xml>
, whereAffApp.xml
is the name of the XML file.The following is a sample file:
<?xml version="1.0" ?> - <SSO> - <application name="SSOApp1"> <description>An Individual Type Affiliate Application for both Host Initiated SSO and Windows Initiated SSO</description> <contact>someone@companyname.com</contact> <appUserAccount>DomainName\AppUserGroup</appUserAccount> <appAdminAccount>DomainName\AppAdminGroup</appAdminAccount> <field ordinal="0" label="User ID" masked="no" /> <field ordinal="1" label="Password" masked="yes" /> <flags enableApp="yes" /> </application> </SSO>