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I have an external .net mvc5 app and we want a way to use that app from salesforce. I can create a webtab to open that application. But this would mean i would need to ask users to login into asp.net application.

Is there a way i can use the salesforce credentials to directly login into .net mvc5 app ? I know i can make the .net app to accept the salesforce identity, i wanted to know since the salesforce user is already logged in to salesforce, can we somehow use this to login to the .net app. i really dont want to user to enter his credentials once again when he/she tries to access the .net app from salesforce

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  • I think you have to implement your own API and handle it in .net side
    – highfive
    Sep 18, 2014 at 16:52
  • The Force.com Toolkits for .NET handles & manages login from Salesforce for .NET apps. It looks like this might work for you?
    – metadaddy
    Sep 18, 2014 at 16:53
  • Another option would be Force.com Canvas.
    – metadaddy
    Sep 18, 2014 at 16:56
  • I was also considering Force.com Canvas.. But would require to an enterprise edition right? Can we package an canvas app?
    – Prady
    Sep 19, 2014 at 14:38

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What about turning on Salesforce as an Identity Provider and standing up your .NET app as a Service Provider? Then, using SP-initiated SAML, if a user already has a session on Salesforce, should be seamlessly taken into the .NET app (ETA: when they hit the web tab with the .NET app in it).

We did this a few years ago for a client (pre-Canvas) with just basic iframe integration and the experience was seamless (minus the small but noticeable browser redirects involved in every SAML transaction).

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  • Wouldnt we need to login into .net app even if there is a salesforce session in place while using salesforce as identity provider? Is there any documentation regarding this?
    – Prady
    Sep 19, 2014 at 14:36
  • If you set up the .NET app as a service provider that speaks SAML to SFDC as an Identity provider, no, you would not need to login to the .NET app again.
    – espostor
    Sep 25, 2014 at 5:47

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