VMWare View with APM SAML Authentication (Big IP as SAML SP)

Hello phl110,

We do support integration with 3rd party SAML IDP providers for web-based services such as SharePoint. Usually Kerberos Constrained Delegation is used to authenticate to the backend behind F5 APM. We also support the use-case where F5 APM acts as a SAML SP for external users and as a SAML IDP for backend services.

Having said that, VMware View is not a web technology, and these scenarios are not currently supported by us. I'd highly encourage you to file a Case with F5 so we can properly capture requirements, as we were thinking about this use-case with VMware View but have not heard any real requests for it.

P.S. Please keep in mind that VMware View does not support SSO into View Desktop unless SAML assertion contains encrypted password, which is currently only supported by VMware's Horizon Workspace. Thus SSO will not work with Shibboleth or Siteminder. This is a VMware limitation and has nothing to do with F5.