Evernote Business cloud application

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  SecurityAuthenticationSSO with SAML applications.

   You must be signed in as a super administrator for this task.

3. Copy the SSO URL and download the X.509 Certificate.
4. Open a new incognito browser window.
5. Sign in to your Evernote Business administrator account at evernote.com.
6. Navigate to Account Summary.
7. Click Security > Single Sign-On > Enable Single Sign-on.
8. Paste the copied IDP SSO URL into the SAML HTTP Request URL field.
9. Paste the copied X.509 Certificate into the box.
10. Click Save and proceed to the next section to set up Google as a SAML identity provider (IdP).

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Click Add appSearch for apps.
4. Enter Evernote Business in the search field.
5. In the search results, hover over the Evernote Business SAML app and click Select.
6. On the Google Identity Provider details, click Continue.
7. On the Service provider details page, check Signed Response.
   When the Signed Response checkbox is unchecked, only the assertion is signed. When the Signed Response checkbox is checked, the entire response is signed.
8. Click Continue.
9. (Optional) To map Google directory attributes to the corresponding app attributes, in the Attribute Mapping window:

   1. Click Add Mapping.
   2. Click Select fieldselect a Google directory attribute.
   3. For App attributes, enter the corresponding app attribute.
10. (Optional) To enter group names that are relevant for this app:

    1. For Group membership (optional), click Search for a group, enter one or more letters of the group name, and select the group name.
    2. Add additional groups as needed (maximum of 75 groups).
    3. For App attribute, enter the groups attribute name of the corresponding service provider.

    Regardless of how many group names you enter, the SAML response includes only groups that a user is a member of (directly or indirectly). For more information, go to About group membership mapping.

11. On the Attribute mapping page, click Finish.

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Select Evernote.
4. Click User access.

5. To turn a service on or off for everyone in your organization, click On for everyone or Off for everyone, and then click Save.

6. (Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:

   1. At the left, select the organizational unit.
   2. To change the Service status, select On or Off.
   3. Choose one:
      • If the Service status is set to Inherited and you want to keep the updated setting, even if the parent setting changes, click Override.
      • If the Service status is set to Overridden, either click Inherit to revert to the same setting as its parent, or click Save to keep the new setting, even if the parent setting changes.
        Note: Learn more about organizational structure.
7. To turn on a service for a set of users across or within organizational units, select an access group. For details, go to Use groups to customize service access.
8. For Evernote, choose On for everyone. Ensure that your Evernote user account email IDs match those in your Google domain.

Evernote Business supports both Identity Provider (IdP) initiated and Service Provider (SP) initiated SSO. Follow these steps to verify SSO in either mode:

IdP-initiated

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Select Evernote Business.
4. At the top left, click Test SAML login. 

   Evernote Business should open in a separate tab. If it doesn’t, use the information in the resulting SAML error messages to update your IdP and SP settings as needed, then retest SAML login.

SP-initiated

1. Open https://evernote.com.
2. Click Sign in.
3. Enter your corporate email address. You'll see a pop-up asking you to complete the SSO authentication.
4. Click Proceed. This opens a new tab or window for you to complete your Google SAML authentication.
5. After your sign in credentials are authenticated you will be automatically redirected back to Evernote and you will also be able to access your Business Notebooks.

As a super administrator, you can automatically provision users in the Evernote Business application.