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February 11, 2026 Archived

Configure Mobile SSO for Android Authentication in Omnissa Access

To provide single sign-on from Workspace ONE UEM-managed Android devices, you configure Mobile SSO for Android authentication in the Omnissa Access built-in identity provider.

Mobile single sign-on (SSO) for Android is an implementation of the certificate authentication method for Workspace ONE® UEM-managed Android devices. With mobile single sign-on, users can sign in to their device and securely access their apps from the Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub app without re-entering a password.

See the Implementing Mobile Single Sign-On Authentication for Workspace ONE UEM Managed Android Devices guide for installation and configuration instructions.

Prerequisites

  • Obtain the root certificate and intermediate certificates from the CA that signed the certificates presented by your users.
  • Make a list of the Object Identifier (OID) of valid certificate policies for certificate authentication.
  • For revocation checking, the file location of the CRL and the URL of the OCSP server.
  • (Optional) OCSP Response Signing certificate file location.

Procedure

  1. In the Omnissa Access console, go to the Integrations > Authentication Methods page and select Mobile SSO (for Android).

  2. Click Mobile SSO (for Android) and configure the Mobile SSO for Android authentication settings.

    OptionDescription
    Enable Certificate AdapterSelect this check box to enable Mobile SSO for Android.
    Root and Intermediate CA CertificateSelect the certificate files to upload. You can select multiple root CA and intermediate CA certificates that are encoded. The file format can be either PEM or DER.
    Uploaded CA CertificatesThe contents of the uploaded certificate file is displayed here.
    User Identifier Search Order Select the search order used to locate the user identifier within the certificate.
    • upn. The UserPrincipalName value of the Subject Alternative Name
    • email. The email address from the Subject Alternative Name.
    • subject. The UID value from the Subject.
    Important: For Mobile SSO for Android authentication, the value of the identifier attribute must be the same value on both Omnissa Access and Workspace ONE UEM services. Otherwise, Android SSO fails.

    Note:
    • If a Workspace ONE UEM CA is used for the tunnel client certificate generation, the User Identifier Search Order must be UPN | Subject.
    • If a third-party enterprise CA is used, the User Identifier Search Order must be UPN | Email | Subject and the certificate template must contain the subject name CN={DeviceUid}:{EnrollmentUser}. Make sure to include the colon (:).
    Validate UPN FormatEnable this check box to validate the format of the UserPrincipalName field.
    Certificate Policies AcceptedCreate a list of object identifiers that are accepted in the certificate policies extensions. Enter the object ID number (OID) for the Certificate Issuing Policy. Click Add another value to add additional OIDs.
    Enable Cert RevocationSelect the check box to enable certificate revocation checking. Certificate revocation prevents users who have revoked user certificates from authenticating.
    Use CRL from CertificatesSelect the check box to use the certificate revocation list (CRL) published by the CA that issued the certificates to validate a certificate's status of revoked or not revoked.
    CRL LocationEnter the server file path or the local file path from which to retrieve the CRL.
    Enable OCSP RevocationSelect this check box to use the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) certificate validation protocol to get the revocation status of a certificate.
    Use CRL in case of OCSP failureIf you configure both CRL and OCSP, you can select this box to fall back to using CRL if OCSP checking is not available.
    Send OCSP NonceSelect this check box if you want the unique identifier of the OCSP request to be sent in the response.
    OCSP URLIf you enabled OCSP revocation, enter the OCSP server address for revocation checking.
    OCSP URL SourceSelect the source to use for revocation checking.
    • Configuration Only. Perform certificate revocation check using the OCSP URL provided in the text box to validate the entire certificate chain.
    • Certificate Only (required). Perform certificate revocation check using the OCSP URL that exists in the AIA extension of each certificate in the chain. Every certificate in the chain must have an OCSP URL defined, otherwise the certificate revocation check fails.
    • Certificate Only (Optional). Only perform certificate revocation check using the OCSP URL that exists in the AIA extension of the certificate. Do not check revocation if the OCSP URL does not exist in the certificate AIA extension.
    • Certificate with fallback to configuration. Perform certificate revocation check using the OCSP URL extracted from the AIA extension of each certificate in the chain, when the OCSP URL is available. If the OCSP URL is not in the AIA extension, check revocation using the OCSP URL configured in the OCSP URL text box. The OCSP URL text box must be configured with the OCSP server address.
    OCSP Responder's Signing CertificateEnter the path to the OCSP certificate for the responder. Enter as /path/to/file.cer
    Uploaded OCSP Signing CertificatesThe uploaded certificate files are listed in this section.
    Enable Cancel LinkWhen authentication is taking too long, if this link is enabled, users can click Cancel to stop the authentication attempt and cancel the sign-in.
    Cancel MessageCreate a custom message that displays when the authentication is taking too long. If you do not create a custom message, the default message is Attempting to authenticate your credentials.
  3. Click Save.

What to do next

Associate the Mobile SSO (for Android) authentication method in the built-in identity provider.

Configure the default access policy rule for Mobile SSO (for Android).

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