KB23406 - Is SAML authentication supported with Pulse Secure Desktop client?

This article provides information on the support extended by Pulse Secure Desktop client for Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) authentication.

Prior to PCS 8.0 / Pulse Secure Desktop client 5.0, SAML authentication is not supported when you log in directly to Pulse Secure Desktop client and the Realm is configured to use a SAML authentication server instance (Authentication > Auth. Servers). If the Realm is configured to use a SAML authentication server instance, it is supported with Pulse Secure Desktop only if you first log in via a web browser and then launch or auto-launch Pulse.

Starting with Secure Access (SA) version 8.0 and Pulse Secure Desktop client version 5.0, Pulse does support SAML authentication directly within the Pulse application.