Procedure
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an XML-based,
OASIS standard for exchanging user identity and security attributes
information. You can use the SAML function to apply a default policy
to use SAML assertions in web services messages and in web services
usage scenarios. In a typical SAML usage scenario, you authenticate
to a security domain and request an identity provider to issue SAML
assertions. In WebSphere® Application Server Version 7.0.0.7
and later, to use the SAML default policy sets, sample SAML general
bindings, and JAAS login configuration settings for SAML, you were
required to set up the SAML configuration, which is stored in a profile.
In WebSphere Application Server
Version 8.5, the SAML feature
is available in all profiles by default.