Michigan State University

MSU Identity Provider (Shibboleth / SAML 2.0)

MSU's federated single sign-on. The Shibboleth Identity Provider publishes SAML 2.0 metadata unauthenticated at idp.idm.msu.edu/idp/shibboleth — verified live on 2026-08-30, returning an md:EntityDescriptor with entityID urn:mace:incommon:msu.edu and an IDPSSODescriptor supporting urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol. This is institution-operated by definition and is a genuinely machine-readable surface, but it is not an onboardable API: obtaining assertions requires a registered service provider in InCommon plus an MSU NetID, i.e. institutional affiliation rather than a developer credential.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://idp.idm.msu.edu/idp/shibboleth
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Authentication
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/michigan-state-university/refs/heads/main/authentication/michigan-state-university-authentication.yml

Other Resources

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Conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/michigan-state-university/refs/heads/main/conformance/michigan-state-university-conformance.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: michigan-state-university:idp
name: MSU Identity Provider (Shibboleth / SAML 2.0)
x-operator: institution
description: 'MSU''s federated single sign-on. The Shibboleth Identity Provider publishes SAML 2.0 metadata
  unauthenticated at idp.idm.msu.edu/idp/shibboleth — verified live on 2026-08-30, returning an md:EntityDescriptor
  with entityID urn:mace:incommon:msu.edu and an IDPSSODescriptor supporting urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol.
  This is institution-operated by definition and is a genuinely machine-readable surface, but it is not
  an onboardable API: obtaining assertions requires a registered service provider in InCommon plus an
  MSU NetID, i.e. institutional affiliation rather than a developer credential.'
humanURL: https://idp.idm.msu.edu/idp/shibboleth
baseURL: https://idp.idm.msu.edu/idp/shibboleth
tags:
- Identity
- Identity Federation
- Authentication
- SSO
- Shibboleth
- SAML
- InCommon
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://idp.idm.msu.edu/idp/shibboleth
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/michigan-state-university-authentication.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/michigan-state-university-conformance.yml