Using the SAML 2.0 standard, you can configure single sign-on (SSO) for a number of cloud apps. After you set up SSO, your users can use their Google Workspace credentials to sign in to an app using SSO.
Use SAML to set up SSO for Evernote Business
You must be signed in as a super administrator for this task.
Step 1: Get Google identity provider information-
Sign in with a super administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using a super administrator account, you can’t complete these steps.
- In the Set up single sign-on (SSO) with Google as SAML Identity Provider (IdP) section:
- Next to SSO URL, click Copy
and save the URL.
- Next to Certificate, click Copy
You need these details to complete the setup in Evernote Business.
- Next to SSO URL, click Copy
- Leave the Admin console open. You'll continue with the configuration in the Admin console after the setup steps in the app.
- Open an Incognito browser window, go to the Evernote Business sign-in page, and sign in with your Evernote Business administrator account.
- Go to Account Summary
Security
- For SAML HTTP Request URL, paste the SSO URL that you copied in Step 1.
- For Certificate, paste the certificate that you copied in Step 1.
- Click Save.
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Sign in with a super administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using a super administrator account, you can’t complete these steps.
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Click Add app
- For Enter app name, enter Evernote Business.
- In the search results, point to Evernote Business and click Select.
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In the Google Identity Provider details window, click Continue.
- On the Service provider details page, for Start URL, check the Signed response box.
When the Signed Response checkbox is unchecked, only the assertion is signed. When the Signed Response checkbox is checked, the entire response is signed. - Click Continue.
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(Optional) To map Google directory attributes to the corresponding app attributes, in the Attribute Mapping window:
- Click Add Mapping.
- Click Select field
- For App attributes, enter the corresponding app attribute.
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(Optional) To enter group names that are relevant for this app:
- For Group membership (optional), click Search for a group, enter one or more letters of the group name, and select the group name.
- Add additional groups as needed (maximum of 75 groups).
- For App attribute, enter the corresponding groups attribute name of the service provider.
Regardless of how many group names you enter, the SAML response includes only groups that a user is a member of (directly or indirectly). For more information, go to About group membership mapping.
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Click Finish.
Before you begin: To turn a service on or off for certain users, put their accounts in an organizational unit (to control access by department) or add them to an access group (to allow access for users across or within departments).
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Sign in with a super administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using a super administrator account, you can’t complete these steps.
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- Click Evernote Business.
- Click User access.
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To turn a service on or off for everyone in your organization, click On for everyone or Off for everyone, and then click Save.
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(Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:
- At the left, select the organizational unit.
- To change the Service status, select On or Off.
- Choose one:
- If the Service status is set to Inherited and you want to keep the updated setting, even if the parent setting changes, click Override.
- If the Service status is set to Overridden, either click Inherit to revert to the same setting as its parent, or click Save to keep the new setting, even if the parent setting changes.
Learn more about organizational structure.
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(Optional) To turn on a service for a set of users across or within organizational units, select an access group. For details, go to Use groups to customize service access.
- Ensure that the email domains of your Evernote Business user account match the primary domain of your organization’s managed Google Account.
Evernote Business supports both identity provider-initiated and service provider-initiated SSO.
Verify identity provider-initiated SSO
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Sign in with a super administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using a super administrator account, you can’t complete these steps.
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- Click Evernote Business.
- In the Evernote Business section, click Test SAML Login.
The app should open in a separate tab. If it doesn’t, troubleshoot the error message and try again. For details on troubleshooting, go to SAML app error messages.
Verify service provider-initiated SSO
- Close all browser windows.
- Go to the Evernote Business sign-in page and enter your corporate email address.
- In the box that opens asking you to complete the SSO authentication, click Proceed.
You should be redirected to the Google sign-in page. - Select your account and enter your password.
After your credentials are authenticated, the app should open.
As a super administrator, you can automatically provision users in the app. For details, go to Configure Evernote Business user provisioning.
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