---
title: "SSO: Salesforce"
slug: "sso-salesforce"
tags: ["single sign-on"]
updated: 2022-06-21T14:58:11Z
published: 2022-06-21T14:58:11Z
canonical: "support.smarteru.com/sso-salesforce"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.smarteru.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# SSO: Salesforce

To set up Salesforce with SmarterU:

1. [Follow these instructions from Saleforce](https://help.salesforce.com/HTViewHelpDoc?id=service_provider_define.htm&language=en_US) to turn your Salesforce account into an identify Provider and set up a Service Provider using Connected Apps. Use the following information to set up your service provider:

- Entity ID

```markup
https://integrations.smarteru.com/<accountID>
```

Where you replace <accountID> with your account's ID.

You can find your account's ID by logging into SmarterU and looking at the URL.  
  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/Account%20ID%20in%20URL%2020211115.png)

- ACS URL

```markup
https://integrations.smarteru.com/integrations/saml/
```

- Subject Type: Username
- Name ID Format

```markup
urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress
```

1. [Download your metadata.](/v1/docs/sso-salesforce#downloading-your-metadata)
2. [Copy the metadata to SmarterU.](/v1/docs/sso-salesforce#copying-the-metadata-to-smarteru)

## Downloading Your Metadata

To download your metadata, do the following from Salesforce:

1. Navigate to your Connected Apps screen.
2. Click on the newly created app.
3. Under the SAML Login Information section, click **Download Metadata**.

![Graphical user interface, text, application, email Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/sso-salesforce-image-7ll096jm.png)

## Copying the Metadata to SmarterU

To copy the metadata to SmarterU:

1. Using Notepad, open the [metadata file that you downloaded](/v1/docs/sso-salesforce#downloading-your-metadata) and copy its contents.
2. From SmarterU, [edit your account](/v1/docs/editing-your-account-settings) and [expand the External Authorization section](/v1/docs/account-external-authorization-sso).
3. [Paste the file's contents into the **IdP Metadata** field](/v1/docs/sso-saml-20).
4. Click **Save**.

## Related

- [Account: External Authorization (SSO)](/account-external-authorization-sso.md)
- [Editing Your Account Settings](/editing-your-account-settings.md)
- [External Authorization (SSO)](/external-authorization-sso.md)
- [Just-In-Time User Creation](/just-in-time-user-creation.md)
- [User Sync Integrations](/user-sync-integrations.md)