Adding and Configuring Websites

Company Managers can add and configure available websites in Venn on the All Websites page in Company Admin.

The websites that you add and assign to users will be available for them to launch from the Workplace app on a computer or mobile device. We recommend adding websites that are frequently used by members of your organization so that users can easily access them and have their login information automatically populated. In addition to the websites that you configure, users can access websites as normal from the browser in Blue Border™.

Learn how to assign websites to users and groups to determine who has access to each website in Venn.

View Available Websites

To view available websites:

  1. Navigate to login.venn.com and sign in.
  2. Click Company admin or Manage > Company admin.

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  3. Click All websites.

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Your list will include all websites added with the following details:

  • Name: the display name of the website that will show up in Workplace for end users
  • Assigned users: the number of users the app is available to (learn how to assign websites to users and groups)
  • Monthly active users: the number of users who have accessed the website in the past month
  • Federated: this column will have a check in it if SAML is set up for the website

To see details about a website, click the website name and the website panel will open.

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Learn more about website settings and SAML setup below.

Add a Website

As a Company Manager, you can add websites for easy access in Venn.

To add a website:

  1. Navigate to login.venn.com and sign in with valid credentials.
    You may be required to verify the sign-in by completing the multifactor authentication on your mobile device.
  2. Click Company admin or Manage > Company admin.

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  3. Click All websites in the left side panel.
  4. Click Add websites.

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  5. Search for and select the website you would like to add.
    • If the website you would like to add is not available in the list, click Request a website, add the required details, and click Request website.
  6. Choose how accounts will be managed.
    • If SAML is available and you manage access to the website with SAML:
      1. Click Federated website (SAML).

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      2. Select Set up federation to configure a new SAML-based identity provider or Use existing federation if you have already configured a website using the SAML provider you would like to use for this site.
    • Otherwise, click Employee-controlled accounts.

The site will be added to your list of websites. Once you have added a website, you can edit website settings and set up SAML if you configured it as a federated website following the steps below and assign it to users and groups.

Edit Website Settings

To edit settings for a newly added or existing website:

  1. Navigate to the All websites page in Company Management following the steps above.
  2. Click the name of the site you would like to edit settings for.
  3. Click Edit website settings in the website panel.

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  4. Adjust settings as needed.
    • Title: the display name of the website that will show up in Workplace for end users
    • URL: the page that will open in the browser when the user clicks to launch the website from Workplace
    • Website favorite settings: Check this box to "star" the website and add it to assigned users' Launch tab in the Workplace app by default
    • IP restrictions: By default, the websites that you configure in Venn will be accessible from your Private Company Gateway IP addresses. You can choose to add additional custom IP range restrictions if needed.

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  5. Click Save.

Set up SAML for Federated Websites

If you set the site up as a federated website, it will be marked as "Not set up" until you finish the SAML setup process.

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To configure SAML a newly added or existing website:

  1. Navigate to the All websites page in Company Management following the steps above.
  2. Click the name of the site you would like to set up SAML for.
  3. Set up SAML following the steps below depending on which federation option you chose when adding the website. 
    • If you chose Set up federation when adding the website, you will see the option to Edit federation.
      1. Click Edit federation.

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      2. Fill in the Consumer URL, download any necessary certificates or metadata files, and click Save. Share the downloaded files with the vendor to complete the setup.

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    • If you chose Use existing federation when adding the website, you will see the option to Select existing federation.
      1. Click Select existing federation.

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      2. Choose the existing website you would like to use the SAML configuration from, add details in the relay state field, and click Save.

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Delete Websites

If you would like to remove a website from the website list entirely, you can delete it. Deleting a website will remove any data that has been collected about that website's usage in Venn.

  1. Navigate to login.venn.com and sign in.
  2. Click Company admin or Manage > Company admin.

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  3. Click All websites.

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  4. Click the name of the site you would like to delete.
  5. Click Edit website settings in the website panel.

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  6. Click Delete website in the bottom left corner and Delete again to confirm.

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