5.8 Upgrading the Connector from SAML 2.0 to WS-Federation

In CloudAccess 2.1, the connector uses WS-Federation to support single sign-on from a Microsoft Lync client. In previous releases, CloudAccess uses SAML 2.0 for single sign-on and provisioning. You must upgrade an existing connector for Office 365 in order to take advantage of the Lync access capability.

To upgrade the connector for Office 365:

  1. Log in to the administration console.

  2. On the Admin page in the Applications panel, click the connector for Office 365, then select Configure.

  3. In the Configuration window, select Use WS-Federation.

  4. Select Automatically Configure SSO Settings in order to let the connector modify the federation settings from SAML to WS-Federation.

    If you do not select this option, you must manually reconfigure the Federation Settings.

  5. Click OK.

  6. On the Admin page, click Apply to commit the changes to the appliance.

  7. Wait until the configuration changes have been applied on each node of the CloudAccess cluster.