You can configure a third-party identity provider that is used to authenticate users in the VMware Identity Manager service.
Complete the following tasks before using adding the third-party identity provider instance.
- Verify that the third-party instances are SAML 2.0 compliant and that the service can reach the third-party instance.
- Obtain the appropriate third-party metadata information to add when you configure the identity provider in the VMware Identity Manager console. The metadata information you obtain from the third-party instance is either the URL to the metadata or the actual metadata.