Universal containers uses an Employee portal for their employees to collaborate. employees access the portal from their company's internal website via SSO. It is set up to work with Active Directory. What is the role of Active Directory in this scenario?
Correct Answer:
C
The role of Active Directory in this scenario is an identity provider. An identity provider is an application that authenticates users and provides information about them to service providers6. A service provider is an application that provides a service to users and relies on an identity provider for authentication6. In this scenario, the employee portal is a service provider that provides collaboration features to employees and relies on Active Directory for authentication. Active Directory is an identity provider that authenticates employees using their corporate credentials and sends information about them to the employee portal7.
References: Identity Provider Overview, Configure SSO to Salesforce Using Microsoft AD FS as the Identit
Provider
Universal Containers (UC) is building an integration between Salesforce and a legacy web application using the canvas framework. The security for UC has determined that a signed request from Salesforce is not an adequate authentication solution for the Third-Party app. Which two options should the Architect consider for authenticating the third-party app using the canvas framework? Choose 2 Answers
Correct Answer:
AC
The Canvas framework supports OAuth 2.0 for authorization1. There are two OAuth flows that can be used to authenticate the third-party app using the canvas framework: User-Agent OAuth Flow and Web Server OAuth Flow2. The User-Agent OAuth Flow uses the Canvas JavaScript SDK to obtain an OAuth token by using the login function in the SDK2. The Web Server OAuth Flow redirects the user to the Salesforce OAuth authorization endpoint and then obtains an OAuth access token by making a POST request to the Salesforce OAuth token endpoint2. Both of these flows allow the third-party app to authenticate itself against Salesforce as the IdP. The SAML Single Sign-on flow can also be used to allow the third-party app to authenticate itself against UC’s IdP, which is another option for authentication3.
References: OAuth Authorization, Mastering Salesforce Canvas Apps, Integrate third-party applications vi Canvas App
Universal Containers (UC) has a mobile application for its employees that uses data from Salesforce as well as uses Salesforce for Authentication purposes. UC wants its mobile users to only enter their credentials the first time they run the app. The application has been live for a little over 6 months, and all of the users who were part of the initial launch are complaining that they have to re-authenticate. UC has also recently changed the URI Scheme associated with the mobile app. What should the Architect at UC first investigate?Universal Containers (UC) has a mobile application for its employees that uses data from Salesforce as well as uses Salesforce for Authentication purposes. UC wants its mobile users to only enter their credentials the first time they run the app. The application has been live for a little over 6 months, and all of the users who were part of the initial launch are complaining that they have to re-authenticate. UC has also recently changed the URI Scheme associated with the mobile app. What should the Architect at UC first investigate?
Correct Answer:
A
The first thing that the architect at UC should investigate is the refresh token policy defined in the Salesforce connected app. A refresh token is a credential that allows an application to obtain new access tokens without requiring the user to re-authenticate. The refresh token policy determines how long a refresh token is valid and under what conditions it can be revoked. If the refresh token policy is set to expire after a certain period of time or after a change in IP address or device ID, then the users may have to re-authenticate after using the app for a while or from a different location or device. Option B is not a good choice because validating that the users are checking the box to remember their passwords may not be relevant, as the app uses SSO with a third-party identity provider and does not rely on Salesforce credentials. Option C is not a good choice because verifying that the callback URL is correctly pointing to the new URI scheme may not be necessary, as the callback URL is used for redirecting the user back to the app after authentication, but it does not affect how long the user can stay authenticated. Option D is not a good choice because confirming that the access token’s time-to-live policy has been set appropriately may not be effective, as the access token’s time-to-live policy determines how long an access token is valid before it needs to be refreshed by a refresh token, but it does not affect how long a refresh token is valid or when it can be revoked. References: [Connected Apps Developer Guide], [Digging Deeper into OAuth 2.0 on Force.com]
Northern Trail Outfitters (NTO) uses a Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)-based Identity Provider (idP) to authenticate employees to all systems. The IdP authenticates users against a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory and has access to user information. NTO wants to minimize Salesforce license usage since only a small percentage of users need Salesforce.
What is recommended to ensure new employees have immediate access to Salesforce using their current IdP?
Correct Answer:
C
Just-in-Time (JIT) provisioning is a feature that allows Salesforce to create or update user records on the fly when users log in through an external identity provider, such as a SAML-based IdP. This eliminates the need for manual or batch user provisioning in Salesforce and minimizes license usage. To use JIT provisioning, the identity architect needs to configure the SAML settings in Salesforce and include the user attributes in the SAML assertion sent by the IdP. References: Just-in-Time Provisioning for SAML and OpenID Connect, Identity 101: Design Patterns for Access Management
