Pro & Cons of Shibboleth Authentication for Office 365

[Rowan Truscott]

Pro:

Uses SAML2
not tied to AD for auth/attributes
More control over integration
Runs on open platforms
Opensource

Cons

Less support from MS as compared to adfs
Trickier to setup and manage the fed trusts
Possible issues with non http based apps (lync and the like) ECP?

Either will do the job. Depends on you preference on platform and support.
Note that other vendors also have idp's that will play with O365 (Tivoli
TFIM, NetIQ Access Manager, PingOne and Oracle Identity Federation)
 On 24/05/2013 12:21 PM, "Solution 79" <solution79 at live.com> wrote:

> Hello All,****
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> I am looking at the pro & cons of Shibboleth Authentication for Office 365.
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> It would be great if all of you can share your views.****
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> We are planning to take a call with respect to which authentication model
> Is better for Office 365 in future:****
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> a)      Shibboleth****
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> b)      ADFS****
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> c)       Continue with SSO toolkit till December 2014****
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> Therefore pro & cons on Shibboleht Authentication for Office 365 will help
> to perform comparison with other authentication mechanism.****
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> Regards,****
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> Dematri
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