Join us to learn about what is canvas app and how to configure Single Sign-On for Canvas App. Lets users easily access a new or existing application as a part of their Salesforce experience.
What is Canvas App?
Canvas allows developers to connect existing legacy system or any web-based application with Salesforce using JavaScript and REST API. Canvas applications can be displayed in Chatter, Salesforce Mobile Cards or Visualforce page.
SSO for Canvas App Demo
A canvas app in one Salesforce org functions as an identity provider, authenticating another Salesforce org that’s the service provider. The canvas app, hosted in the identity provider org, uses a signed request to reference a Visualforce page in the second org.
SAML Single Sign-On for Canvas App Video
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What else can we reference in the canvas app from a second org apart from visualforce pages?