SAML 2.0 backwards compatible?

[Setu_Shah]

We're attempting to utilize a NW AS JAVA 7.4 system (SAML 2.0 compatible) to generate an assertion ticket which gets passed to and accepted by a NW AS JAVA 7.02 system (SAML 1.1 compatible) in order to perform single sign-on for the AS JAVA 7.02 system. Is this feasible and supported?

I've read through the following SAP Help document, but am unsure of where the configruation parameters values are obtained from (i.e. URL and SourceID):

Configuring the SAML Parameters - User Authentication and Single Sign-On - SAP Library

Thanks,

Setu

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Dear Setu,

As a protocol, SAML has three versions: SAML 1.0,  SAML 1.1, and SAML 2.0.

SAML 2.0 is an enhancement to the previous SAML 1.x specifications, but is not backwards compatible.

Best regards,

Adrian