Which protocol does Workspace ONE use to communicate with third party Identity Providers?

Question

Options

• ARADIUS
• BOAuth
• CSAML
• DKerberos

• A
  7% (4)
• B
  3% (2)
• C
  88% (52)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) is the standard protocol VMware Workspace ONE uses to federate identity with third-party IdPs like Okta, ADFS, and Azure AD - it carries signed XML assertions that confirm who a user is and what they're authorized to access.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (RADIUS): A network access authentication protocol used for VPNs and Wi-Fi, not enterprise SSO federation.
• B (OAuth): An authorization framework, not an authentication/identity protocol - it grants access tokens but doesn't assert identity the way SAML does (though OIDC, built on OAuth, can be used in some contexts).
• D (Kerberos): A ticket-based protocol used within Active Directory environments on internal networks, not designed for cross-domain IdP federation.

Memory tip: Think "SAML = SSO glue" - whenever an exam question involves an enterprise product (Workspace ONE, Salesforce, ServiceNow) talking to an external Identity Provider, SAML is almost always the answer because it was purpose-built for that cross-organization trust scenario.

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