Standards and Protocols Use Cases

Changing the federation protocol in Office 365 from WS-Federation to SAML2P

Office 365 can use either SAML2P or WS-Federation to authenticate passive profiles or web-based clients. This task details changing the federation protocol configuration of your Office 365 domain from WS-Federation to SAML2P.

Configuring browsers for Kerberos and NTLM

The PingFederate Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) adapter uses the Simple and Protected GSS-API Negotiation Mechanism (SPNEGO) for Kerberos and NTLM authentication.

Integrated Windows Authentication Group Policy browser settings

Apply browser settings using Group Policy.

Providing a persistent SAML NameID format in PingFederate

Use a custom SAML NameID format by defining a hidden attribute in the PingFederate attribute contract.

Using OpenSSL s_client commands to test SSL connectivity

Test SSL connectivity with s_client commands to check whether the certificate is valid, trusted, and complete.