Demo of SAML 2.0 Communication Flow with ServiceNow

Posted by John Andersen | Jul 18, 2012 | Service-Now | 5 |

One of the most popular questions I get from consultants, customers, and prospects focus around understanding SAML 2.0 and how it works for the end user.

I recently created the following video to explain and demonstrate the typical flow between a user’s browser, their ServiceNow instance, and the company’s Identity Provider during the SAML 2.0 authentication process.

SAML 2.0 Communication Flow with ServiceNow

About The Author

John Andersen

John is the Co-Founder of Yansa Labs (www.YansaLabs.com). John founded Yansa Labs as a company dedicated to building innovative solutions on the ServiceNow platform. He is a major contributor to the ServiceNow ecosystem. John served as the platform and integration architect at the company for several years.

5 Comments

Tom Scavo on July 23, 2012 at 9:24 am

Nice video production. In the SP-initiated flow, how does the SP know what IdP to redirect the user to? Did you omit the IdP discovery step?

Tom
John Andersen on July 23, 2012 at 9:27 am

@Tom…that is a configuration step. To see how to configure ServiceNow with SAML, and to specify the IdP URL, etc, check out this video:
How to configuration ServiceNow for SAML
Osama Mirza on October 18, 2012 at 9:26 am

Nice video, I am just trying to create an IDP for my organization. i am trying to do it in .NET. I don’t really know that how should generate the SAMLResponse. Is there any resource you can direct me to from where I can learn that how can I do that?
Oleg Cohen on March 28, 2013 at 1:11 pm

Hi Osama, We provide a service that has simple connectors for .NET applications that want to act as SAML IDPs into service now. You can find out more at: http://www.assurebridge.com/integrations/saml-2-0-sso-integration-with-servicenow/

Nice video Tom!

Thanks,

Oleg
Oleg Cohen on March 28, 2013 at 1:12 pm

Sorry, meant to say nice video John!