LinkedIn Learning cloud app

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. For Enter app name, enter LinkedIn Learning.
5. In the search results, point to LinkedIn Learning Web (SAML) and click Select.
6. In the Google Identity Provider details window, for Option 1: Download IdP metadata, click Download Metadata.
7. Click Continue.

Leave the Admin console open. You'll continue with the configuration in the Admin console after the setup steps in the app.

1. Open an Incognito browser window, go to the LinkedIn Learning sign-in page, and sign in with a LinkedIn Learning account that has the Enterprise Administrator Role.
2. Click Go to AdminMeAuthenticate.
3. Click Configure single sign-onAdd new SSO and select SAML.
4. Give the connection a name and click Next.
5. Open the Identity provider settings section and click Load and copy information from fields.
6. Copy the following fields:
   • Entity ID
   • Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) URL
     You need these values to complete setup in the Admin console.
7. Click NextSSO settingsUpload XML file.
8. Locate the metadata file that you downloaded in Step 1 and click OpenSave.
9. Click Authenticate and, for SSO status, select Active.
10. (Optional) To turn on just-in-time provisioning:
    1. For the SSO connection that you set up, click More Edit.
    2. Make sure that Automatically provision licenses is turned on.
11. Click Save.

1. Return to the Admin console browser tab.
2. On the Service provider details page, edit the following fields:
   1. ACS URL—Replace {uniqueid-provided-by-sp} with the ACS URL value that you copied from LinkedIn Learning in Step 2.
   2. Entity ID—Replace {entity-id-provided-by-sp} with the Entity ID value that you copied from LinkedIn Learning in Step 2.
3. Click Continue.
4. In the Attribute Mapping window, click Select field and map the following Google directory attributes to their corresponding LinkedIn Learning attributes. The Primary Email attribute is required.

   Google directory attribute	LinkedIn Learning attribute
   Basic Information > First Name	firstName
   Basic Information > Last Name	lastName
   Basic Information > Primary Email	email

5. (Optional) To add additional mappings, click Add Mapping and select the fields that you need to map.
6. (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 corresponding groups attribute name of the 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.

7. 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. Click LinkedIn Learning.
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. (Optional) 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. Ensure that your LinkedIn Learning user account email domains match the primary domain of your organization’s managed Google Account.

LinkedIn Learning supports both identity provider-initiated and service provider-initiated SSO.

Verify identity provider-initiated SSO

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 LinkedIn Learning.
4. In the LinkedIn Learning section, click Test SAML Login.

   The app should open in a separate tab. If it doesn’t, troubleshoot the error message and try again. For details on troubleshooting, go to SAML app error messages.

Verify service provider-initiated SSO

1. Close all browser windows.
2. Go to https://linkedin.com/learning/login-ent.
   You should be redirected to the Google sign-in page.
3. Select your account and enter your password.

After your credentials are authenticated, the app should open.