Set up Automatic SSO Authentication for ADFS Windows Users

You can configure FileCloud Desktop for Windows to automatically log in ADFS users with single sign-on. The users are not prompted to enter any login information; when they open FileCloud Desktop, it automatically checks the value of the %username% environment variable in Windows and logs the user in using that value.

To set up automatic SSO authentication for ADFS users:

1. Set up Windows Integrated Authentication (WIA).
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/web-api/overview/security/integrated-windows-authentication

2. Set up and enable ADFS SSO in FileCloud.
   See ADFS Single Sign-On Support for instructions.

3. On each Windows device, add the key alternateuseragentenabled to the registry.
   Perform the following steps either separately for each device or through Windows mass deployment.

   1. In the registry editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FileCloud\FilecloudDesktop\DefaultCfg.

   2. Create the key alternateuseragentenabled, and set it equal to 1.

      

4. Restart FileCloud Desktop on each device.