How Sun Java System Access Manager and SAML Make Single Sign-On Work

Just published on Sun Developer Network is the article, Achieving SSO With Sun Java System Access Manager and SAML, which explains how to implement single sign-on (SSO) for all the applications on a corporate portal with Sun Java System Access Manager and Security Assertion Markup Language. Described are the concepts and the step-by-step configurations, illustrated with a process flow diagram and screen shots.

The example that accompanies the article makes use of Sun Java System Access Manager as the identity provider and SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal 2004s as the service provider.