Purpose and target audience

The purpose of this white paper is to provide insights to the configuration, usage and benefits of integrating an external IDP with Milestone XProtect VMS.

This white paper should enable the reader to understand:

  • What must be pre-configured in the external IDP to allow the XProtect VMS integration

  • How the external IDP and the XProtect VMS are integrated

  • What must be configured to automatically link the external IDP users to XProtect VMS roles

  • How external IDP users can be added manually to XProtect VMS roles in cases where they cannot be automatically linked to the VMS roles

The primary audience for this white paper is organizations that wish to deploy a Milestone XProtect VMS and have it integrated with an OIDC/OAuth2 compliant Identity Provider chosen by the organization.

The target group might include (but is not limited to) the following audiences: 

  • Surveillance system and IT architects and designers  

  • Surveillance system and IT project consultants 

  • Surveillance system and IT administrators

This white paper should enable the reader to understand the principles behind integrating an external IDP with the XProtect VMS, how external IDP users can be linked automatically to the XProtect VMS roles based on user’s claims from the external IDP, and how the user experience will be when accessing the XProtect VMS as an external IDP user.

The white paper assumes that the reader has a general understanding of the XProtect VMS and the roles functionality. Furthermore, it is assumed that the reader has a detailed understanding of how the selected Identity Provider is configured to provide the XProtect VMS with the information needed for the XProtect VMS integration.