| Description | This article describes how to resolve the 'expecting attribute "userPrincipalName"' message when performing FortiClient SAML User Verification with Entra ID. |
| Scope | FortiClient EMS v7.0, v7.2 and v7.4 |
| Solution |
After configuring SAML user verification with Entra ID, the endpoint is getting 'The SAML configuration you are using to authenticate is expecting the userPrincipalName attribute "userPrincipalName" error message:
This is due to there being non-default Entra ID settings in the Azure tenant.
To resolve this:
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