Validating the Identity Provider URL

Last published : Apr 17, 2026
After you upload a -signing certificate, you must validate the Identity Provider URL for your organization. From the Validate Relying Trust section on the Authentication Management page, you can validate the Identity Provider URL and the OWA Identity Provider URL, if necessary. The Validate Relying Trust section displays after you complete the Upload Your Public Key section.
To validate the Identity Provider URL
  1. In the left navigation pane, select Policy Management>Authentication Management.
  2. Under the Validate Relying Trustsection, enter the Identity Provider URL for your organization in theIdentity Provider URL field.
    Note: The Identity Provider URL is normally the fully qualified domain name of the AD FS server or AD FS proxy, followed byadfs/ls. For example, the Identity Provider URL for an AD FS server namedadfswith a fully qualified domain name ofexample.comishttps://adfs.example.com/adfs/ls. The Arctera Insight Archiving authentication service currently does not support Identity Provider URLs that contain a dash. If you have an Identity Provider URL that contains a dash, contactArctera Services & Support.
  3. If required, enter the OWA Identity Provider URL for your organization in the OWA Identity Provider URL field.
    Note: The OWA Identity Provider URL field only displays if you selectedYesin the Unique OWA IdP field in the Setup Authentication section.
  4. Click Validate.
  5. After the Validation Successfulmessage displays, clickSave to proceed to the next step.
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