Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.SingleSignon Namespace

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The Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.SingleSignon namespace contains classes that allow you to centralize account credentials from multiple back-end applications through a single portal that uses secured applications.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides a default single sign-on (SSO) service for the storage and mapping of credentials for use in connecting with third-party or back-end systems. Many companies already have developed an in-house credential storage system or use a solution other than Microsoft Single Sign-On Service. Instead of maintaining credential mapping in two places, Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides a mechanism, pluggable SSO, to specify an alternate SSO Provider to the standard SSO Provider in Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Replacing the default SSO Provider, SpsSsoProvider, in Office SharePoint Server 2007 involves implementing ISsoProvider, installing it into the global assembly cache, and registering the new SSO provider with Office SharePoint Server 2007.

At any time, you can register only a single SSO Provider for Office SharePoint Server 2007. Registering a new SSO Provider replaces SpsSsoProvider in Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Most providers will need to implement the GetCredentials and GetSsoProviderInfo methods of the ISsoProvider interface.

Classes

  Class Description
Public class Application Manages enterprise application definitions, and exposes methods to add, get, and delete enterprise application definitions.
Public class Application.ApplicationCollection Enumerates the enterprise application definitions.
Public class Application.ApplicationField Identifies a field in the enterprise application definition.
Public class Application.ApplicationFieldCollection Enumerates the fields of the enterprise application definition.
Public class Application.ApplicationInfo Identifies an enterprise application definition.
Public class Configuration This class and its members are reserved for internal use and are not intended to be used in your code.
Public class Credentials This class and its members are reserved for internal use and are not intended to be used in your code.
Public class SingleSignonCredsNotFoundException Represents an exception that is thrown when SharePoint cannot find the requested credentials in the Single Signon database.
Public class SingleSignonException Instantiates an exception from the Microsoft Single Sign-On service (SSOSrv) with a specific error code.
Public class SpsSsoProvider Represents the default single sign-on (SSO) provider that is included with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. It is the Office SharePoint Server 2007 implementation of the ISsoProvider interface.
Public class SSOCanaryChecker Represents a Microsoft Single Sign-On service (SSOSrv) canary.
Public class SSOConstants This class and its members are reserved for internal use and are not intended to be used in your code.
Public class SsoCredentials Represents an object that contains the single sign-on credentials.
Public class SsoProviderFactory Returns the current single sign-on (SSO) provider registered with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or the default SSO provider (see Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.SingleSignon.SpsSsoProvider).
Public class SsoProviderInfo Provides information about the single sign-on (SSO) provider.
Public class SSOReturnCodes Contains all of the return codes that are thrown by the SingleSignonException class.

Interfaces

  Interface Description
Public interface ISsoProvider Represents a single sign-on (SSO) provider. Can be implemented to replace the default SSO provider.

Enumerations

  Enumeration Description
Public enumeration Application.ApplicationCreationDisposition Indicates whether to create an application or overwrite an existing application.
Public enumeration Application.ApplicationType Indicates the single sign-on (SSO) application type.
Public enumeration Credentials.SingleSignonTicketType Reserved for internal use.
Public enumeration SSOConstants.ServiceAction Identifies the service action that was recorded in the single sign-on (SSO) database.
Public enumeration SsoCredentialContents Sets the type of content stored in an SsoCredentials object.