{"id":38795,"date":"2018-03-06T04:32:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T12:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/?p=38795"},"modified":"2018-03-27T03:07:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T10:07:00","slug":"how-to-configure-topteam-user-accounts-for-external-authentication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/38795\/how-to-configure-topteam-user-accounts-for-external-authentication\/","title":{"rendered":"Configuring TopTeam User Accounts for External Authentication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Start ScreenSteps Content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"LessonContent\">\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Overview<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p><i><font color=\"#000000\">TopTeam<\/font><\/i><font color=\"#000000\"> supports three types of <i>Login Method<\/i>:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><font color=\"#000000\">Native<\/font><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><font color=\"#000000\">LDAP<\/font><\/i><font color=\"#000000\"> <\/font><\/li>\n<li><i><font color=\"#000000\">External<\/font><\/i><font color=\"#000000\"> <i>Authentication<\/i><\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><font color=\"#000000\">External<\/font><\/i><font color=\"#000000\"> <i>Authentication<\/i> allows you to authenticate <i>TopTeam<\/i> users with an <i>External<\/i> <i>Authentication<\/i> provider such as <i>AD<\/i> <i>FS<\/i> using <i>SAML<\/i>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">This article explains how to configure user accounts for <i>External<\/i> <i>Authentication <\/i>using the following methods:<\/font><br \/>\n<font color=\"#000000\">1. By creating user accounts with login method as <i>External Authentication<\/i><\/font><br \/>\n<font color=\"#000000\">2. By changing <i>Authentication Type<\/i> of existing user accounts to <i>External Authentication<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Who should read this?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<ul>\n<li>TopTeam Administrators<\/li>\n<li>IT Support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Prerequisites<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">You should have <i>System Administrator <\/i>or <i>Manage User Accounts <\/i>permissions for managing user accounts in<i> TopTeam<\/i>.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 1. Navigate to the Administration page of TopTeam Web<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/media_1517551056624-2-1-1-1.png\" width=\"448\" height=\"389\" alt=\"media_1517551056624-2-1-1-1.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 2. Administration page opens, click Manage User Accounts <\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/media_1517550938253-2-1-1-1.png\" width=\"653\" height=\"385\" alt=\"media_1517550938253-2-1-1-1.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 3. Click Manage User Accounts <\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/media_1517551213419-2-1-1-1.png\" width=\"651\" height=\"348\" alt=\"media_1517551213419-2-1-1-1.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Manage User Accounts page opens with a grid view of all TopTeam users<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/media_1516013483591-2-1-1-1.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"407\" alt=\"media_1516013483591-2-1-1-1.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">1. Creating user accounts with login method as External Authentication<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">1.1. Create a new user account <\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/media_1516013612759-2-1-1-1.png\" width=\"762\" height=\"420\" alt=\"media_1516013612759-2-1-1-1.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>In this article, <i>New Author<\/i> option is selected and described further.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">1.2. Create User Accounts wizard opens, click Create Author<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/media_1516101658772-2-1-1-1.png\" width=\"753\" height=\"535\" alt=\"media_1516101658772-2-1-1-1.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">1.3. Enter details and select the Authentication Type as External Authentication<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/media_1516165393829-2-1-1-1.png\" width=\"521\" height=\"372\" alt=\"media_1516165393829-2-1-1-1.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">New user account is created <\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/media_1516166271533-2-1-1-1.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"373\" alt=\"media_1516166271533-2-1-1-1.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">2. Changing Authentication Type of existing user accounts to External Authentication <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">2.1. Select a user account with Authentication Type as Native Authentication<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/media_1516167436029-2-1-1-1.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"397\" alt=\"media_1516167436029-2-1-1-1.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">2.2. User Account editor opens<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/media_1516168122738-2-1-1-1.png\" width=\"533\" height=\"552\" alt=\"media_1516168122738-2-1-1-1.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">2.3. Select External Authentication<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/media_1516168432038-2-1-1-1.png\" width=\"532\" height=\"550\" alt=\"media_1516168432038-2-1-1-1.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">2.4. Save the user account<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/media_1516169020344-2-1-1-1.png\" width=\"533\" height=\"550\" alt=\"media_1516169020344-2-1-1-1.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Authentication Type is changed to External Authentication<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/media_1516169665481-2-1-1-1.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"391\" alt=\"media_1516169665481-2-1-1-1.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: <font color=\"#000000\">You can also create and edit user accounts using <i>Administration<\/i> section of <i>TopTeam<\/i> <\/font><i>Desktop App<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 4. Configure External Authentication in TopTeam Web<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>Refer to the article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/38739\/how-to-configure-external-authentication-in-topteam\/\" target=\"_blank\">Configuring External Authentication (SAML) in TopTeam<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 5. Log into TopTeam using External Authentication<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 5.1. External Authentication in TopTeam Web<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/media_1517555340042-2-1-1-1.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"394\" alt=\"media_1517555340042-2-1-1-1.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/media_1516605366910-2-1-1-1.png\" width=\"492\" height=\"257\" alt=\"media_1516605366910-2-1-1-1.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: <font color=\"#000000\">You will be redirected to the login page of <i>External Authentication<\/i> provider configured in <i>TopTeam<\/i> repository. After successful login, you will be automatically redirected to <i>TopTeam<\/i> <i>Web<\/i> page.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 5.2. External Authentication in TopTeam Desktop App<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/media_1516613139473-2-1-1-1.png\" width=\"508\" height=\"450\" alt=\"media_1516613139473-2-1-1-1.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">See Also<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/37212\/getting-started-with-external-authentication\/\" target=\"_blank\">Configuring External Authentication in TopTeam<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/38739\/how-to-configure-external-authentication-in-topteam\/\" target=\"_blank\">Configuring External Authentication (SAML) in TopTeam<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/33171\/getting-started-with-user-accounts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Getting Started with User Accounts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>Revised: March 9th, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- End ScreenSteps Content --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview TopTeam supports three types of Login Method: Native LDAP External Authentication External Authentication allows you to authenticate TopTeam users with an External Authentication provider such as AD FS using SAML. This article explains how to configure user accounts for External Authentication using the following methods: 1. By creating user accounts with login method as External Authentication 2. By changing Authentication Type of existing user accounts to External Authentication Who should read this? TopTeam Administrators IT Support Prerequisites You should have System Administrator or Manage User Accounts permissions for managing user accounts in TopTeam. Step 1. Navigate to the Administration <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[292],"class_list":["post-38795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-topteam-web","tag-authentication"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paoaNA-a5J","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38795"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39337,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38795\/revisions\/39337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}