Who can use this feature?
In order to use Google authentication, your organization must have a Google account, and/or use Google products or services.
If your organization uses a Google account, you can choose to give your users access to Sales Navigator based on their email address. This will authenticate your users via Google Sign-in or Sign in with Google, and Google will serve as the identity provider (IdP) for your account. Use this option as an alternative to authentication via a 3rd-party SAML SSO provider.
Google authentication can be enabled by whitelisting your company’s email domain (@yourcompany.com) in Sales Navigator. Once enabled, your users with an @yourcompany.com email address will automatically be assigned a license when they use their company email address to log into Sales Navigator.
Important to know
Sales Navigator Single Sign-on (SSO) allows your company's employees to pass through the SSO sign in using their corporate credentials before being prompted to verify their LinkedIn credentials. After this initial pass through, a cached sign in is stored, for both, the SSO and LinkedIn sign in (depending on browser and SSO settings), for up to 12 hours before requiring reauthentication.
If you upload a user via CSV or invite by email, please either use the same domain used for Google authentication, or use the user's Google ID as their external ID. If another domain or external ID is used, a duplicate profile will be created for that user.
Keep these things in mind before you begin using Google authentication:
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Authentication is via Google's OAuth 2.0 APIs.
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Custom attributes are supported for Google authentication, with Google acting as the IdP.
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To use this authentication method, your users must have their work email address listed on their LinkedIn profile.
- Learn more about adding or changing email addresses on a LinkedIn profile.
To begin using Google authentication:
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Sign in to Sales Navigator.
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Click Admin in the top menu.
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Click Admin Center in the top menu.
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Click the Settings tab.
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Click
Expand next to Single Sign-On (SSO). -
Click Authenticate with Google and click Yes.
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Click In Add Hosted Domain(s), click
Add Another Domain to add your organization's email domain. Continue this process until all the desired domains have been added. -
Click Save and Yes.
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Turn on the Single Sign-On (SSO) toggle to authenticate users using Google.