SSO in vSphere 5.5 and Active Directory Integration

I was recently installing vSphere 5.5 and was working through the steps to install and configure it.

First thing I’d like to say is that the SSO installation is a lot, lot simpler in 5.5.  No more do you have to pre-create the SSO DB, and run SQL scripts to build the SPs and users. 
I’m all for ease!
 

One thing that tripped me up a little however is the new Identity Sources menus and requirement to give your AD SSO Service account  in the form of a DN.

So.. to make sure that adding the SSO Identity Source goes smoothly, prepare your SSO account in the DN Form:

CN=SSO Account,OU=ServiceAccounts,OU=Users,DC=Domain,DC=COM

 

 

 

 

 

Hopefully that helps someone out!

 

Chris.