Overview

SAML provides single sign-on service for users accessing their services hosted in a cloud environment. Generally, a service provider such as Box is federated with an identity provider such as Azure AD for authentication. The user gets authenticated by Azure AD and obtains a SAML token for accessing applications in a cloud environment, such as Box.

This guide serves as step-by-step configuration manual for users using Azure AD as an authentication provider with Box in a cloud environment.

 

Disclaimer:

This cookbook is informational to help with the setup flow and actual screenshots. The steps might vary in your deployment scenario due to changes in SP/IdP versions.