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2088827 - [SSO] What methods of SSO (Single Sign On) does SuccessFactors Support?

Symptom

  • What methods of SSO (single sign-on) Does SuccessFactors Support?
  • Where can I get technical specifications on integrating SSO with SuccessFactors?
  • What third party SuccessFactors SSO support as Two Factor Authentication?

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite

Resolution

SAP SuccessFactors currently only supports SAML 2.0 SSO (Which will be migrated to use IAS)

We advice that new implementation be done using SAML 2.0 and using it with IAS as referred on KBA 2791410, as on the mid-term all SuccessFactors Instances will be migrated to IAS integration.

Where can I get technical specifications on integrating SSO with SuccessFactors?

Single Sign-On for SAP SuccessFactors

NOTE: The above are only available for Enterprise Subscription clients only and are not available with Professional Edition Subscription.

What third party SuccessFactors SSO support as Two Factor Authentication?

SuccessFactors SSO supports any Third Party SSO solution that works with SAML 2.0, then that solution will need to have two factors authentication support.

No longer supported SSO methods (which were considered deprecated since 2H2021):

  • Token (Deleted as part of 2H2022)
  • MD-5 (Deleted as part of 2H2022)
  • MD-5/Base 64 (Deleted as part of 2H2022)
  • SHA-1 (Deleted as part of 2H2022)
  • HMACSHA-1 (Deleted as part of 2H2022)
  • DES (Deleted as part of 2H2022)
  • 3DES (Deleted as part of 2H2022)
  • SAML 1.1 (Deleted as part of 2H2022)

Keywords

SSO, SAML, methods, version, types, 2 factors , KBA , sf sso , LOD-SF-PLT-SAM , SAML SSO First Time Setup , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions