Adobe cloud application

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Using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), your users can use their Google Cloud credentials to sign in to enterprise-cloud applications.

Set up SSO via SAML for Adobe

Here's how to set up single sign-on (SSO) via SAML for the Adobe application.

Step 1: Set up a directory on the Adobe Admin Console
  1. Sign in to your Adobe Admin Console.
  2. Under Settings Identity, click Create Directory.
  3. Name the directory and choose Federated IDas the authentication method.
  4. Select Googleas the Identity Provider.
  5. Click Log in to Googleand enter your Google credentials.
  6. Authorize Adobe to access your Google account.
  7. Confirm Google directory information.
  8. Select domains to sync.
  9. On the Configure Googlepage, click Go to Google Admin Consoleto open a new tab, then continue with the Google-side setup steps below. Leave the Configure Googletab open to access information you'll need during setup.
Step 2: Set up Google as a SAML identity provider (IdP)
  1. Sign in to your Google Admin console .

    Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges  (does not end in @gmail.com).

  2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  Apps Web and mobile apps.
  3. Click Add app Search for apps.
  4. Enter Adobein the search field.
  5. In the search results, hover over the AdobeSAML app and click Select.
  6. On the Google Identity Provider detailspage, download the IDP metadata(Option 1).
  7. Click Continue.
  8. On the Service provider detailspage, replace the default  ACS URLand Entity ID with the values provided on the Configure Googlepage in the Adobe Admin Console.
  9. Click Continue.
  10. (Optional) To map Google directory attributes to the corresponding app attributes, in the Attribute Mappingwindow:
    1. Click Add Mapping.
    2. Click Select fieldselect a Google directory attribute.
    3. For  App attributes, enter the corresponding app attribute.
  11. (Optional) To enter group names that are relevant for this app:
    1. For Group membership (optional), click Search for a group, enter one or more letters of the group name, and select the group name.
    2. Add additional groups as needed (maximum of 75 groups).
    3. For App attribute, enter the service provider’s corresponding groups attribute name.

    Regardless of how many group names you enter, the SAML response will include only groups that a user is a member of (directly or indirectly). For more information, go to  About group membership mapping .

  12. On the Attribute mappingpage, click  Finish.
Step 3: Complete the setup in the Adobe Admin Console
  1. Return to the browser tab where the Configure Googlepage is open in Adobe Admin console.
  2. Complete the Directory configuration by uploading the IDP metadata that you downloaded in Step 2 above. 
Step 4: Enable the Adobe app
  1. Sign in to your Google Admin console .

    Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges  (does not end in @gmail.com).

  2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  Apps Web and mobile apps.
  3. Select  Adobe.
  4. Click  User access.
  5. To turn a service on or off for everyone in your organization, click  On for everyoneor  Off for everyone, and then click  Save.

  6. (Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:
    1. At the left, select the organizational unit.
    2. To change the Service status, select  Onor  Off.
    3. Choose one:
      • If the Service status is set to  Inherited and you want to keep the updated setting, even if the parent setting changes, click Override.
      • If the Service status is set to  Overridden, either click Inheritto revert to the same setting as its parent, or click  Saveto keep the new setting, even if the parent setting changes.
        Note: Learn more about organizational structure .
  7. To turn on a service for a set of users across or within organizational units, select an access group. For details, go to Use groups to customize service access .
  8. Ensure that your Adobe user account email IDs match those in your Google domain.
Step 5: Verify that the SSO is working

Adobe supports both Identity Provider (IdP) initiated and Service Provider (SP) initiated SSO. Follow these steps to verify SSO in either mode:

IdP-initiated

  1. Sign in to your Google Admin console .

    Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges  (does not end in @gmail.com).

  2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  Apps Web and mobile apps.
  3. Select  Adobe.
  4. At the top left, click Test SAML login

    Adobe should open in a separate tab. If it doesn’t, use the information in the resulting SAML error messages to update your IdP and SP settings as needed, then retest SAML login.

SP-initiated

  1. Open https://www.adobe.com/login. Enter your email address. You should be automatically redirected to the Google sign-in page.
  2. Enter your Google username and password.

After your sign-in credentials are authenticated, you're automatically redirected back to Adobe.

Step 6: Set up auto-provisioning


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