Using SAML 2.0 in Cisco Collaboration delegates the authentication of Cisco administrative users to which party?

The correct answer is C. IdP. SAML 2.0 is a federated identity standard that delegates the task of user authentication from the application (Service Provider) to an external Identity Provider (IdP). In Cisco Collaboration deployments using SAML SSO, administrative users are authenticated by the IdP - such as

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ASCIM
Bservice provider
CIdP
DCA

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A
4% (1)
B
4% (1)
C
92% (24)

Explanation

SAML 2.0 is a federated identity standard that delegates the task of user authentication from the application (Service Provider) to an external Identity Provider (IdP). In Cisco Collaboration deployments using SAML SSO, administrative users are authenticated by the IdP - such as Okta, Microsoft ADFS, or Ping Identity - rather than by Cisco UCM or Expressway directly. The IdP verifies credentials and issues a signed SAML assertion, which the Cisco Collaboration platform trusts. SCIM (A) is a provisioning protocol for syncing user accounts, not for authentication delegation. The Service Provider (B) is Cisco Collaboration itself - it relies on the IdP, not the other way around. A Certificate Authority (D) provides PKI certificates used in the trust chain but does not perform user authentication.

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