Dropbox cloud app

1. Sign in with a super administrator account to the Google Admin console.

   If you aren’t using a super administrator account, you can’t complete these steps.

2. Go to Menu  Apps > Web and mobile apps .
3. Click Add app Search for apps.
4. For Enter app name, enter Dropbox Business.
5. In the search results, point to Dropbox Businessand click Select.

6. In the Google Identity Provider detailswindow, for Option 2: Copy the SSO URL, entity ID, and certificate:

   1. Next to SSO URL, click Copyand save the URL.
   2. Next to Certificate, click Downloadand download the certificate.
      You need these details to complete the setup in Dropbox.
7. Click Continue.
8. On the Service provider detailspage, check the Signed Responsebox.
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 corresponding groups attribute name of the service provider.

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

12. Click Finish.

1. Open an Incognito browser window, go to the Dropbox sign-in page , and sign in with your Dropbox administrator account.
2. Click Admin Console Settings.
3. Below  Authentication, click Single sign-on.
4. Set Single sign-onto either Optionalor Required.
   • If you choose Optional, your team can sign in to Dropbox using SSO or their Dropbox password.
   • If you choose Required, your team must sign in to Dropbox with SSO, as their Dropbox password will no longer work.
5. For Add sign-in URL, paste the SSO URL that you copied in Step 1.
6. Click Upload certificateto upload the certificate file that you downloaded in Step 1.
7. Click Save.
8. Invite members to your Dropbox team.
   Only those users who have been invited to your Dropbox team—and have accepted their invitations—can sign in using SSO.
   Note: If you set up automatic user provisioning for Dropbox, new users added to your Google organization are automatically invited to join your Dropbox team.
   1. Click Members Invite members.
   2. For Invite to the team, enter the Google email addresses for your new Dropbox users.
   3. Click Send invites.
      New users must open the Dropbox invitation in their Google mailbox and accept the invitation to join the the Dropbox team. Invited users create their Dropbox accounts during the signup process.
9. Notify your team.
   • If you chose to require SSO, Dropbox notifes team members by email.
   • If you made SSO optional, you must notify the team yourself.

Dropbox supports only identity provider-initiated SSO.

Verify identity provider-initiated SSO

1. Sign in with a super administrator account to the Google Admin console.

   If you aren’t using a super administrator account, you can’t complete these steps.

2. Go to Menu  Apps > Web and mobile apps .
3. Click Dropbox Business.
4. In the Dropbox Businesssection, click Test SAML Login.
   The app should open in a separate tab. If it doesn’t, troubleshoot the error message and try again. For details on troubleshooting, go to SAML app error messages .

After your credentials are authenticated, the app should open.

As a super administrator, you can automatically provision users in the app. For details, go to Configure Dropbox Business user provisioning .