LinkedIn Learning cloud application

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Using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), your users can use their Google Cloud credentials to sign in to enterprise-cloud applications.

Set up SSO via SAML for LinkedIn Learning

Here's how to set up Single Sign-On (SSO) via SAML for the LinkedIn Learning application.

Step 1: Get Google identity provider (IdP) information

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Click Add appSearch for apps.
4. Enter LinkedIn Learning in the search field.
5. In the search results, hover over the LinkedIn Learning SAML app and click Select.
6. On the Google Identity Provider details page:
   • Copy and save the SSO URL and Entity ID.
   • Download the Certificate.

Leave the Admin console open, you'll continue with the configuration wizard after performing the next step in LinkedIn Learning.

Step 2: Set up LinkedIn Learning as a SAML 2.0 service provider (SP)

1. Open a new incognito browser window.
2. Sign in to LinkedIn Learning with an account that has the Enterprise Administrator Role enabled.
3. Navigate to Go to Admin  Settings  Global Settings.
4. Open the Single Sign-On (SSO) section.
5. Click Add a new SSO.
6. Enter the SAML: SSO connection name of your choice.
7. In Configure LinkedIn SSO settings, click Click Here to load and copy individual fields from the form.
8. Copy and save the Entity ID and Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) URL. You’ll need these values when you return to the Admin console in Step 3 below to complete SSO setup.
9. In Configure LinkedIn SSO settings, click the option to input information manually, then enter the following information copied from Google in Step 1 above:
   • Issuer String or Entity ID:  Entity ID
   • IdP redirect endpoint:  SSO URL
   • X.509 Public certificate: Paste the certificate downloaded in Step 1.
   • SAML Subject Identity attribute name: The name of your SSO Identity provider (choose any name according to your company's requirements).
10. Click Save.
11. Click the Automatically assign licenses toggle to enable SSO.

Step 3: Finish SSO configuration in Admin console

1. Return to the Admin console browser tab.
2. IOn the Google Identity Provider details page, click Continue.
3. On the Service provider details page, replace the default ACS URL and Entity ID values with the ACS URL and Entity ID values you copied from LinkedIn Learning in Step 2.
4. Click Continue.
5. On the Attribute Mapping page, click the Select field menu and map the following Google directory attributes to their corresponding LinkedIn Learning attributes:
    

   Google directory attribute	LinkedIn Learning attribute
   Basic Information > First Name	firstName
   Basic Information > Last Name	lastName
   Basic Information > Primary Email	email

6. (Optional) To enter group names that are relevant for this app:

   1. For Group membership (optional), click Search for a group, enter one or more letters of the group name, and select the group name.
   2. Add additional groups as needed (maximum of 75 groups).
   3. For App attribute, enter the service provider’s corresponding groups attribute name.

   Regardless of how many group names you enter, the SAML response will include only groups that a user is a member of (directly or indirectly). For more information, go to About group membership mapping.

7. Click Finish.

Step 4: Enable the LinkedIn Learning app

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Select LinkedIn Learning.
4. Click User access.

5. To turn a service on or off for everyone in your organization, click On for everyone or Off for everyone, and then click Save.

6. (Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:

   1. At the left, select the organizational unit.
   2. To change the Service status, select On or Off.
   3. 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.
        Note: Learn more about organizational structure.
7. 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.
8. Ensure that your LinkedIn Learning user account email IDs match those in your Google domain.

Step 5: Verify that the SSO is working

LinkedIn Learning supports both Identity Provider (IdP) initiated and Service Provider (SP) initiated SSO. Follow these steps to verify SSO in either mode:

IdP-initiated

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Select LinkedIn Learning.
4. At the top left, click Test SAML login. 

   LinkedIn Learning should open in a separate tab. If it doesn’t, use the information in the resulting SAML error messages to update your IdP and SP settings as needed, then retest SAML login.

SP-initiated

1. Navigate to https://www.linkedin.com/learning/login-ent. You should be automatically redirected to the Google sign-in page.
2. Enter your username and password.

After your sign in credentials are authenticated, you are automatically redirected back to LinkedIn Learning.

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