This article is a guide on how to properly set up the Zoom app from the Okta Integration Network (OIN) and establish a SAML connection between Zoom and Okta.
- Zoom
- Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
- Okta Integration Network (OIN)
Add the Zoom pre-built app to Okta
- From the Okta Admin Dashboard, navigate to Applications > Applications > Browse App Catalog.
- Search for Zoom.
- Click on it and click Add Integration.
- Configure the General settings:
- Application label: Leave as Zoom or rename as desired.
- Subdomain: Enter only the custom part of the vanity URL.
- For example, if the vanity URL is
https://mydomain.zoom.us, only entermydomain.
- For example, if the vanity URL is
- ACS URL, as per Zoom documentation:
- For Zoom accounts without multiple vanity URLs or IDPs enabled, enter
https://vanityurl.zoom.us/saml/SSO. - For accounts with these features enabled, enter
https://zoom.us/saml2/sso/{unique id}. The{unique id}will be updated after configuring the SAML settings on the Zoom side.
- For Zoom accounts without multiple vanity URLs or IDPs enabled, enter
- Audience URI, as per Zoom documentation:
- For Zoom accounts without multiple vanity URLs or IDPs enabled, enter
https://vanityurl.zoom.us. - For accounts with these features enabled, enter
https://zoom.us/sp/{unique id}. The{unique id}will be updated after configuring the SAML settings on the Zoom side.
- For Zoom accounts without multiple vanity URLs or IDPs enabled, enter
- Set application visibility as desired.
- Click Done.
Configure the SAML settings in Okta
- After the app was successfully added in Okta, go to the Sign On tab in the app setting.
- Under Settings, click on Edit.
- Leave Default RelayState blank.
- Click the dropdown button for Attributes and create the following Attribute Statements:
- Name Name format
Value
email Unspecifieduser.email
firstName Unspecifieduser.firstName
lastName Unspecifieduser.lastName
- Name Name format
- Leave Group Attribute Statements as blank.
- Click on Preview the SAML Assertion to make sure everything is in order.
- Next, make note of the below values generated by Okta. This information will be needed further on the Zoom side.
- Make a note of the Metadata URL. This contains the SAML Metadata.
- Click on the dropdown button for more details.
- Note the Sign-on URL, Sign-out URL, Issuer, and Signing Certificate. These will be needed in the SAML section in Zoom.
Configure the SAML settings in Zoom
- Open a new browser window and sign in to the Zoom web portal as an admin or as the owner.
- Follow the steps provided in this Zoom support article (under How to connect Zoom and Okta).
- With the information noted down earlier, all required values should be available to set up and finish the integration on the Zoom side.
