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PCSE Practice Question: Configuring Access Within a Cloud Solution Environment

A company uses Google Workspace and wants to allow users to authenticate to a third-party SaaS application using their Google credentials. The SaaS application supports SAML 2.0. What should the administrator configure?

Answer choices

Why each option matters

Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.

Correct answer & explanation

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SAML 2.0 SSO in Google Admin Console

Google Workspace supports SAML 2.0 federation. The admin would set up a custom SAML app in the Google Admin console, configuring the IdP (Google) and SP (SaaS app) metadata.

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

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    Workload Identity Federation

    Why it's wrong here

    Workload Identity Federation is for non-human identities (workloads) to access GCP resources.

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    SAML 2.0 SSO in Google Admin Console

    Why this is correct

    Google Workspace can act as a SAML 2.0 identity provider to grant SSO to third-party apps.

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    Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP)

    Why it's wrong here

    IAP is for access to GCP resources, not for SSO to third-party SaaS.

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    OAuth 2.0 consent screen

    Why it's wrong here

    OAuth consent screen is for GCP APIs, not SAML SSO.

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