Certified: June 25th, 2025

Solution Summary

This article describes Microsoft SharePoint 2016 integration with RSA ID Plus. Use this information to determine which use case and integration type your deployment will employ.

Use Case

SSO Agent integrations use SAML 2.0, HFED or WS-Fed technologies to direct users’ web browsers to RSA for authentication. SSO Agents also provide Single Sign-On to other applications using the RSA Application Portal.

RSA Authentication Agent for IIS can be leveraged to secure access to Microsoft SharePoint 2016 server. RSA Authentication for IIS supports integration with RSA ID Plus. For more information, see RSA MFA Agent for Microsoft IIS.

Note:  This guide describes SharePoint integration with RSA using SSO Agent only. For integration using RSA Authentication Agent for IIS, refer to corresponding authentication agent related documentation available in the mentioned link.

Supported Features

This section shows all the supported features by integration type and by RSA components. Use this information to determine which integration type and RSA component your deployment will use. The next section in this article contains the instruction steps for how to integrate RSA with Microsoft SharePoint 2016 using each integration type.

Microsoft SharePoint 2016 Integration with CAS

Authentication Methods	SSO
Approve
LDAP Password
Authenticate OTP
SecurID OTP
Device Biometrics
SMS OTP
Voice OTP
FIDO Token
QR Code
Emergency Access Code

Microsoft SharePoint 2016 integration with RSA Authentication Manager (AM)

Authentication Methods	Authentiaction API	RADIUS	Authentication Agent
RSA SecurID	-	-
On Demand Authentication	-	-
Risk-Based Authentication	n/a	-

	Supported
-	Not supported
n/t	Not yet tested or documented, but may be possible.
n/a	Not applicable

Configuration Summary

This section contains instruction steps that show how to integrate Microsoft SharePoint 2016 with RSA for cloud administrators using all of the integration types.

This article is not intended to suggest optimum installations or configurations. It is assumed that the reader has both working knowledge of all products involved, and the ability to perform the tasks outlined in this section. Administrators should have access to the product documentation for all products to install the required components.

All RSA and Microsoft SharePoint 2016 components must be installed and working prior to the integration.

Integration Configuration

CAS

• Microsoft SharePoint - WS-Fed SSO Agent Configuration

RSA Terminology Changes

RSA is introducing new consistent terminologies across all products and platforms. Refer to the following table for the list of old and new terminologies. 

Certification Details

Microsoft SharePoint 2016 version 16.0.4327.1000

Microsoft SQL Server 2022

Windows Server 2019 Datacenter for both Microsoft SQL Server and SharePoint 2016

RSA Cloud Authentication Service

RSA Identity Router ,Software version: 12.22.0.0.32

Known Issues

No known issues.