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Education Deployment Setup with Roster Sync

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  1. Adobe Enterprise & Teams: Administration guide
  2. Plan your deployment
    1. Basic concepts
      1. Licensing
      2. Identity
      3. User management
      4. App deployment
      5. Admin Console overview
      6. Admin roles
    2. Deployment Guides
      1. Named User deployment guide
      2. SDL deployment guide
      3. Deploy Adobe Acrobat 
    3. Deploy Creative Cloud for education
      1. Deployment home
      2. K-12 Onboarding Wizard
      3. Simple setup
      4. Syncing Users
      5. Roster Sync K-12 (US)
      6. Key licensing concepts
      7. Deployment options
      8. Quick tips
      9. Approve Adobe apps in Google Admin Console
      10. Enable Adobe Express in Google Classroom
      11. Integration with Canvas LMS
      12. Integration with Blackboard Learn
      13. Configuring SSO for District Portals and LMSs
      14. Add users through Roster Sync
      15. Kivuto FAQ
      16. Primary and Secondary institution eligibility guidelines
  3. Set up your organization
    1. Identity types | Overview
    2. Set up identity | Overview
    3. Set up organization with Enterprise ID
    4. Setup Azure AD federation and sync
      1. Set up SSO with Microsoft via Azure OIDC
      2. Add Azure Sync to your directory
      3. Role sync for Education
      4. Azure Connector FAQ
    5. Set up Google Federation and sync
      1. Set up SSO with Google Federation
      2. Add Google Sync to your directory
      3. Google federation FAQ
    6. Set up organization with Microsoft ADFS
    7. Set up organization for District Portals and LMS
    8. Set up organization with other Identity providers
      1. Create a directory
      2. Verify ownership of a domain
      3. Add domains to directories
    9. SSO common questions and troubleshooting
      1. SSO Common questions
      2. SSO Troubleshooting
      3. Education common questions
  4. Manage your organization setup
    1. Manage existing domains and directories
    2. Enable automatic account creation
    3. Set up organization via directory trust
    4. Migrate to a new authentication provider 
    5. Asset settings
    6. Authentication settings
    7. Privacy and security contacts
    8. Console settings
    9. Manage encryption  
  5. Manage users
    1. Overview
    2. Administrative roles
    3. User management strategies
      1. Manage users individually   
      2. Manage multiple users (Bulk CSV)
      3. User Sync tool (UST)
      4. Microsoft Azure Sync
      5. Google Federation Sync
    4. Assign licenses to a Teams user
    5. In-app user management for teams
      1. Manage your team in Adobe Express
      2. Manage your team in Adobe Acrobat
    6. Add users with matching email domains
    7. Change user's identity type
    8. Manage user groups
    9. Manage directory users
    10. Manage developers
    11. Migrate existing users to the Adobe Admin Console
    12. Migrate user management to the Adobe Admin Console
  6. Manage products and entitlements
    1. Manage products and product profiles
      1. Manage products
      2. Buy products and licenses
      3. Manage product profiles for enterprise users
      4. Manage automatic assignment rules
      5. Entitle users to train Firefly custom models
      6. Review product requests
      7. Manage self-service policies
      8. Manage app integrations
      9. Manage product permissions in the Admin Console  
      10. Enable/disable services for a product profile
      11. Single App | Creative Cloud for enterprise
      12. Optional services
    2. Manage Shared Device licenses
      1. What's new
      2. Deployment guide
      3. Create packages
      4. Recover licenses
      5. Manage profiles
      6. Licensing toolkit
      7. Shared Device Licensing FAQ
  7. Get started with Global Admin Console
    1. Adopt global administration
    2. Select your organization
    3. Manage organization hierarchy
    4. Manage product profiles
    5. Manage administrators
    6. Manage user groups
    7. Update organization policies
    8. Manage policy templates
    9. Allocate products to child organizations
    10. Execute pending jobs
    11. Explore insights
    12. Export or import organization structure
  8. Manage storage and assets
    1. Storage
      1. Manage enterprise storage
      2. Adobe Creative Cloud: Update to storage
      3. Manage Adobe storage
    2. Asset migration
      1. Automated Asset Migration
      2. Automated Asset Migration FAQ  
      3. Manage transferred assets
    3. Reclaim assets from a user
    4. Student asset migration | EDU only
      1. Automatic student asset migration
      2. Migrate your assets
  9. Manage services
    1. Adobe Stock
      1. Adobe Stock credit packs for teams
      2. Adobe Stock for enterprise
      3. Use Adobe Stock for enterprise
      4. Adobe Stock License Approval
    2. Custom fonts
    3. Adobe Asset Link
      1. Overview
      2. Create user group
      3. Configure Adobe Experience Manager Assets
      4. Configure and install Adobe Asset Link
      5. Manage assets
      6. Adobe Asset Link for XD
    4. Adobe Acrobat Sign
      1. Set up Adobe Acrobat Sign for enterprise or teams
      2. Adobe Acrobat Sign - Team feature Administrator
      3. Manage Adobe Acrobat Sign on the Admin Console
    5. Creative Cloud for enterprise - free membership
      1. Overview
  10. Deploy apps and updates
    1. Overview
      1. Deploy and deliver apps and updates
      2. Plan to deploy
      3. Prepare to deploy
    2. Create packages
      1. Package apps via the Admin Console
      2. Create Named User Licensing Packages
      3. Manage pre-generated packages
        1. Manage Adobe templates
        2. Manage Single-app packages
      4. Manage packages
      5. Manage device licenses
      6. Serial number licensing
    3. Customize packages
      1. Customize the Creative Cloud desktop app
      2. Include extensions in your package
    4. Deploy Packages 
      1. Deploy packages
      2. Deploy Adobe packages using Microsoft Intune
      3. Deploy Adobe packages with SCCM
      4. Deploy Adobe packages with ARD
      5. Install products in the Exceptions folder
      6. Uninstall Creative Cloud products
      7. Use Adobe provisioning toolkit enterprise edition
    5. Manage updates
      1. Change management for Adobe enterprise and teams customers
      2. Deploy updates
    6. Adobe Update Server Setup Tool (AUSST)
      1. AUSST Overview
      2. Set up the internal update server
      3. Maintain the internal update server
      4. Common use cases of AUSST   
      5. Troubleshoot the internal update server
    7. Adobe Remote Update Manager (RUM)
      1. Release notes
      2. Use Adobe Remote Update Manager
    8. Troubleshoot
      1. Troubleshoot Creative Cloud apps installation and uninstallation errors
      2. Query client machines to check if a package is deployed
  11. Manage your Teams account
    1. Overview
    2. Update payment details
    3. Manage invoices
    4. Change contract owner
    5. Change your plan
    6. Change reseller
    7. Cancel your plan
    8. Purchase Request compliance
  12. Renewals
    1. Teams membership: Renewals
    2. Enterprise in VIP: Renewals and compliance
  13. Manage contracts
    1. Automated expiration stages for ETLA contracts
    2. Switching contract types within an existing Adobe Admin Console
    3. Value Incentive Plan (VIP) in China
    4. VIP Select help
  14. Reports & logs
    1. Audit Log
    2. Assignment reports
    3. Content Logs
  15. Get help
    1. Contact Adobe Customer Care
    2. Support options for teams accounts
    3. Support options for enterprise accounts
    4. Support options for Experience Cloud
Note:

Roster Sync is currently available for K-12 in the US

This page will guide you through setting up the Adobe Admin console with Rostering Users and licenses. 

Automated setup using Roster Sync (K-12)

Adobe supports syncing users from Roster data provided by Clever or Classlink; the roster sync is configured in the directory sync option.

Other Education Setup Guides

Roster Sync Setup Steps

  1. Create a directory 
  2. Configure a Federated Directory
  3. Claim Domain/s
  4. Configure Roster Application
  5. Configure Directory Sync with Roster Solution 

Setting up a new Federated Directory for Roster Sync

  1. Create a Directory

    Adobe Admin Console > Settings > Create Directory

    Enter a name for the directory, an internal name, not shared publicly and select Federated Directory.

    A screenshot of the Create Directory wizard with a text box for the name of the directory and two cards one for Federated ID and the other for Enterprise ID. The Federated ID card is selected.

  2. Configure a Federated Directory

    Follow Azure/Entra, Google, or SAML steps to configure the federated directory with your identity provider.

    • Google Federated Directory Setup
    • Microsoft Azure Federated Directory Setup
    • SAML Federated Directory Setup
    A screenshot of the create federated directory wizard displaying the options for Azure, Google and Other SAML

    On the confirmation screen, turn off auto account creation. In this setup, users are created and managed via sync.

    A screen showing add identity provider with Edu Portal and LMS SSO highlighted

  3. Claim Domain/s

    Once the directory screen is completed, claim domains using a Microsoft Global Admin Account or a Google Super Admin; this will list all available Domain/s in your identity provider console. If your organization is not using Azure/Entra or Google, you can validate domain ownership by creating a DNS text record with your domain registrar.

    A screenshot of an admin claiming domains in the adobe admin console

  4. Configure Roster application

    Clever

    In Clever, request Adobe Express and, if needed, Adobe Creative Cloud

    You will receive a link to book a call with an Adobe rep.
    The Adobe rep will confirm your settings, and you will then need to configure your sharing rules for the apps.

    Classlink

    In Classlink install Adobe Express and, if needed Adobe Creative Cloud in the Roster server. 
    There is no approval required to access these apps. 

    Once you have installed the App in Clever or Classlink, configure your sharing rules in your roster tool. If you enable a sync without any users configured the following step will fail.

    For full details of setting up Roster sync visit our Roster Sync detailed guide.

  5. Configure Directory Sync with Roster

    Configure Directory Sync with Roster

    Adobe Admin Console > Settings > Directory > Sync > Add sync. 

    Select your Roster provider and follow the guided steps. The roster sync will automatically assign users a [Roster] product profile and create federated accounts.

    Note:

    To control Generative Ai in K-12, edit the product profile for roster sync.
    Adobe Admin Console > Products > Selected product > [Roster Profile] > Details

    Generative Ai is controlled by the Firefly toggle (K-12)

  6. Enable SSO from Roster Portal

    To support SSO from your portal, add a secondary idp for your provider.

    Adobe Admin Console > Settings > Directory > Authentication > Add new ipd > Education Portal SSO >  Select Clever or Classlink and accept the default options.

    This will enable users to click on the app tile in your portal to log in. 

    A screen showing add identity provider with Edu Portal and LMS SSO highlighted

Post K-12 Rotering Setup

After Completing the setup, additional options

Share the Quick Login URL with your users.

The URL presented at the final stage of the process will take a user who clicks on the link directly to Google or Microsoft to authenticate. Once authenticated, they will be taken directly into Adobe Express for K-12.

Suggested locations for this URL

  • Managed Bookmarks
  • District Launchpads
  • Email

Google Workspace Admin Only

A computer screen shot of a colorful backgroundDescription automatically generated

Pin Adobe Express SSO Launch URL to the taskbar of a Chromebook

In the Google Admin Console > Apps & Extensions https://admin.google.com/ac/chrome/apps/user add the following as a URL:

https://new.express.adobe.com/chrome-tab/a/domain.org

Replace domain.org with a domain claimed in your Admin Console federated directory.

To pin the icon to the taskbar, select Force install + Pin to ChromeOS taskbar.

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