I’m always “happy” to discover new errors and warnings regarding any technology day by day… but honestly, I try to avoid them! Today, actually a few hours ago, while helping a client to install the SSO Master Secret Server on a brand new BizTalk Server environment, we got the following unexpected warning:
Enterprise SSO (Will be skipped due to validation error:
Message: The secret backup file must be on removable media or on an NTFS file system
First of all, do not continue with the installation process if that option is available. In this case, luckily, the Next button is disabled.
📝 One-Minute Brief
Configuring Enterprise Single Sign‑On (SSO) in BizTalk Server can fail with a validation warning during setup. This article explains why the “Enterprise SSO will be skipped due to validation error” warning appears and shows how to fix the SSO secret backup path so the configuration can complete successfully.
Cause
In this particular case, we were trying to back up the secret backup file to a different location rather than the default specified folder. And for some reason, while copying and pasting the path, we put an incorrect and nonexistent drive on the path, for example:
- SD:\Program Files(x86)\…\SSoxxx.bat
And what we were trying to set up was:
- D:\Program Files(x86)\…\SSoxxx.bat
Solution
The solution is simple:
- Go back to the BizTalk Server Configuration wizard.
- On the main panel, select the Enterprise SSO Secret Backup option on the left tree.
- Then fix the path to the correct place to store the backup file.
- And finally, Apply Configuration.
That will solve the above issue/warning.
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