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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">> </span>Is there any hope for not being subject to the whims of every vendor that comes along?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From what I’ve seen in this list and what I’ve heard speaking with other university IT staff, the only hope for not being subject to the whims of every vendor that comes along is to refuse to do business with them. If you’re big enough,
then that financial threat may get them to budge. If you’re not, then at least you’re not doing business with a vendor that spits in the face of existing standards.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">That being said, I understand fully that this is not always an option.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">-Todd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> users [mailto:users-bounces@shibboleth.net] <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Michael Brogan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 12, 2018 11:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> users@shibboleth.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Mail attribute for Slack<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">At the UW we’ve had a few Slack instances running with SSO and our IdP. Recently, for a new instance, we were told that the requirements have changed and that the IdP must release the mail attribute and that it must be asserted with a friendly
name of “User.Email”. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We already release the mail attribute with a friendly name of “mail” but Slack said that wouldn’t work. When challenged about requiring new names for things that already have standard names, Slack said they would not change this requirement.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have other campuses been told the same for recent Slack integrations? Any luck getting Slack to budge on this? Is there any hope for not being subject to the whims of every vendor that comes along?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Michael W. Brogan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Technical Lead, Identity and Access Management<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">UW-IT, University of Washington<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">206-685-7521<o:p></o:p></p>
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