SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) is a protocol that you can use to perform federated single sign-on from identity providers to service providers. In federated single sign-on, users authenticate at identity provider. Service providers consume the identity information asserted by identity providers.

What is SAML based federation?

SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) is a protocol that you can use to perform federated single sign-on from identity providers to service providers. In federated single sign-on, users authenticate at identity provider. Service providers consume the identity information asserted by identity providers.

What is SAML federation in AWS?

Security Assertion Markup Language 2.0 (SAML) is an open federation standard that allows an identity provider (IdP) to authenticate users and pass identity and security information about them to a service provider (SP), typically an application or service. … To learn more, visit Identity federation in AWS.