Federation is the process of creating a trust relationship between a customer’s identity provider (IDP) and an external service, such as Lexmark Cloud Services. The identity provider can be Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), Google Identity, or any other Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0-compliant identity management system.
After this trust relationship is built, users can access Lexmark Cloud Services using the same credentials that they use for their other internal sites and services. The customer’s identity provider manages all aspects of credential management, including password validation, complexity of requirements, expiration, and potential use of multifactor authentication. Additionally, the identity provider can support Single Sign-On (SSO), which reduces the number of times users are required to authenticate as they switch between services.
Notes:
- Federation is supported by identity management services that use the SAML 2.0 standard.
- An organization can only be configured to federate with a single identity management provider.
To enable federation or to change the current federation configuration, do the following:
From the Account Management web portal, click Organization > Authentication Provider.
If federation is not enabled, then click Configure an Authentication Provider.
Enter the details in the Authentication Provider form.