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Gavin_Connell-O
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Aug 25, 2014

Hi guys,

 

We're dealing with this issue now. We've deployed SAML 2.0 auth with APM v 11.4.1, and now we're stuck without Lync, OneDrive and the ability to do Office subscriptions.

 

Microsoft are telling us they are adding SAML support for this apps this year (2014), and I've heard the same thing about WS-* protocols being supported in F5 in a similar timeframe, but I'm really starting to need some better time-frames so I can plan out our implementation schedule.

 

I'm engaging our MS Account manager today, so if I get anything out of them I'll post it here.

 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj679342.aspxBKMK_11

 

Cheers,

 

Gavin

 

  • Joe_Carter_1529's avatar
    Joe_Carter_1529
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    Aug 25, 2014
    After working with MS for several weeks, they eventually confirmed that the thick clients (Office Mobile, OneDrive, etc), do not support SAML 2.0, and they couldn't say when they would. Similarly, F5 told me that they have no plans to support WS-* authentication. Like you I had to get mobile support working therefore I eventually had to implement an ADFS farm. You can still proxy/load-balance authentication to ADFS through the BIG-IP.