ASP.NET SAML SP Single Sign-On (SSO) module gives the ability to enable SAML Single Sign-On for your ASP.NET applications. Using Single Sign-On you can use only one password to access your ASP.NET application and services. Our module is compatible with all the SAML compliant Identity providers. Here we will go through a step-by-step guide to configure Single Sign-On (SSO) between ASP.NET and Salesforce considering Salesforce as IdP.

Download And Extract Package

• Download miniOrange ASP.NET SAML 2.0 Module.
• For Setting up the module, extract the asp-net-saml-sso-module-xxx.zip, you will find a DLL file miniorange-saml-sso.dll, a configuration file saml.config and a integration.md file which contain the steps for adding the module into your application.

Steps to configure Salesforce Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into ASP.NET

1. Add module on DNN page

• Add miniorange-saml-sso.dll in the bin folder (where your other DLL files exist) for your application.
• Register miniorangesamlsso module in your application according to the provided steps in the integration.md file.
• Add the provided configuration file saml.config in the root directory for your application.
• After integration open browser and browse the module dashboard with URL below:
https://<your-application-base-url>?ssoaction=config
• If it pops up the registration page or login page, you have successfully added the miniOrange saml sso module for your application.


• Register or Login for configuring the module.

2. Configure Salesforce as Identity Provider

Follow the steps below to configure Salesforce as IdP

• In the miniOrange ASP.NET SAML SSO Module, navigate to Service Provider Settings section. Here, you can find the SP metadata such as SP Entity ID and ACS (AssertionConsumerService) URL which are required to configure the Identity Provider.

• Log into Salesforce and navigate to Setup.
• From the left menu, navigate to Security Controls » Identity Provider, present uder Administer menu option.
• Click on Enable Identity Provider button. After enabling the Identity Provider, you should be able to see Salesforce metadata endpoints and certificate details.
• Under Service Providers Section, click on Service Providers are now created via Connected Apps. Click here link

• Enter Connected App Name, API Name and Contact Email.

• Under Web App Settings, check the Enable SAML checkbox and enter the following values and click on Save:

Entity ID	SP-EntityID / Issuer from Service Provider Metadata tab of the plugin
ACS URL	ACS (AssertionConsumerService) URL from Service Provider Metadata tab of the plugin
Subject Type	Username
Name ID Format	urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:persistent

• Now from the left menu, under Administer, select Manage Apps » Connected Apps. Click on the App you just created.
• Under Profiles section, click on Manage Profiles button and select the profiles you want to give access to login through this app.
• Under SAML Login Information, click on Download Metadata button to download the IDP metadata.