External IDP and XProtect Mobile

IDP is an acronym for Identity Provider. An external IDP is an external application and service where you can store and manage user identity information and provide user authentication services to other systems. You can associate an external IDP with the XProtect VMS.

You can log in to XProtect Web Client or the XProtect Mobile client via an external IDP with XProtect 2022 R3 and later.

To log in with an external IDP to XProtect Web Client or the XProtect Mobile client, you must use an HTTPS connection.

Before you configure external an IDP login for XProtect Web Client and the XProtect Mobile client, make sure that you have:

• Configured an external IDP

• Registered claims

• Mapped claims to roles

For more information, see the administrator manual for XProtect VMS.

To log in to XProtect Web Client via an external IDP, you need additional configuration. See Configure external IDP login for XProtect Web Client.