Major Release Notes – Admin Tools 21.12.0

  • Single sign-on (SSO) – SSO reduces the need to maintain separate credentials to access Admin Tools. You can now use existing credentials to open Admin Tools. ClosedRead more

    Conversion to single sign-on (SSO) applies across all InEight Model and Completions applications including Admin Tools and the Excel Plugin.

    You must go through your InEight services representative to convert to SSO.

    One SSO user per email address is permitted in an account.

    This feature lets you use a single set of credentials and authenticate with SSO provide (Google or Microsoft) to sign in to any projects that you have access to. This feature increases administrative efficiency by mitigating new user creation. Existing users can continue to sign in using their existing user name and password.

    Single sign-on authentication reduces the need to maintain separate credentials for you to access the Excel Plugin. This minimizes the need to maintain a standalone set of credentials for the Excel Plugin.

    To enable SSO functionality for your organization, contact your account administrator.

    User organizations can now integrate with the Excel Plugin authentication service with their own existing authentication servers, which gives you a seamless user experience and eliminates the need for standalone Excel Plugin user credentials.

    Single sign-on recognizes which accounts users have access to, and presents a helpful account drop-down list. Authenticated users are then presented with a list of projects within the selected account that are controlled and assigned by the administrator.

    Log-in options

    Username and password credentials

    SSO by Microsoft

    SSO by Google

    Switch account

    The Switch account button, located on the lower left panel, lets SSO users change between accounts to easily access different project lists.

    Updates to UAM (user account management)

    An update has been made to the UAM to include a new SSO column in UAM for login type indicator (only editable by services).

    When creating a new user, the SSO toggle lets you choose between creating an SSO user, or as a user that signs in via user name and password. The default setting is SSO On and it cannot be changed in edit mode.

    Create SSO User

    Create Password User

    Users table SSO column

    A new SSO column was added to the Users table that shows when a user is set up with SSO.

    Admin Tools user reports now reflect this new SSO column to show the SSO status of each user.

 

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