SharePoint 2013 integration use case examples - SSO

SharePoint 2013 integration use case examples - SSO

This chapter demonstrates using SharePoint 2013 with Ubisecure SSO integration.

Prerequisites:

  • SharePoint is set to use persistent cookies

  • Internet Explorer is used

  • The URL of the SharePoint server has been added to Trusted Sites in Internet Explorer.

  • The client trusts the SSL certificates that SharePoint and AD FS 2.0 provides

Demonstrated use cases:

  • Opening an Office document from SharePoint from a browser

  • Opening an Office document from SharePoint in Word

  • Using Windows Explorer to access files using Open with Explorer

Opening an Office document from SharePoint

  1. User is signed in

  2. User clicks on a document in SharePoint 

  3. The document opens in Office. 

Opening a document from Office

  1. User starts an Office application

  2. User clicks File → Open, types the URL of the SharePoint server and clicks open.

  3. If the user has not yet authenticated himself, a pop up window opens

  4. Site content opens.

  5. The user navigates to the document he wants to open and clicks it.

  6. The document opens.

Opening a document from the Windows Explorer

  1. User is logged in, he navigates to the library he wants to edit and clicks "Open With Explorer Ribbon"

  2. The libray opens in Windows Explorer