diff --git a/common/djangoapps/third_party_auth/samlproviderconfig/views.py b/common/djangoapps/third_party_auth/samlproviderconfig/views.py
index ac4832f4ef..983fe6bf5b 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/third_party_auth/samlproviderconfig/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/third_party_auth/samlproviderconfig/views.py
@@ -61,6 +61,24 @@ class SAMLProviderConfigViewSet(PermissionRequiredMixin, SAMLProviderMixin, view
         slug_list = [idp.provider_id for idp in enterprise_customer_idps]
         return [config for config in SAMLProviderConfig.objects.current_set() if config.provider_id in slug_list]
 
+    def destroy(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        saml_provider_config = self.get_object()
+        config_id = saml_provider_config.id
+        provider_config_provider_id = saml_provider_config.provider_id
+        customer_uuid = self.requested_enterprise_uuid
+        try:
+            enterprise_customer = EnterpriseCustomer.objects.get(pk=customer_uuid)
+        except EnterpriseCustomer.DoesNotExist:
+            raise ValidationError(f'Enterprise customer not found at uuid: {customer_uuid}')  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=raise-missing-from
+
+        enterprise_saml_provider = EnterpriseCustomerIdentityProvider.objects.filter(
+            enterprise_customer=enterprise_customer,
+            provider_id=provider_config_provider_id,
+        )
+        enterprise_saml_provider.delete()
+        saml_provider_config.delete()
+        return Response(data=config_id, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
     @property
     def requested_enterprise_uuid(self):
         """
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/third_party_auth/samlproviderdata/views.py b/common/djangoapps/third_party_auth/samlproviderdata/views.py
index c3551cd656..59439fcd38 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/third_party_auth/samlproviderdata/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/third_party_auth/samlproviderdata/views.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     Viewset for auth/saml/v0/samlproviderdata
 """
 import logging
+from requests.exceptions import SSLError, MissingSchema
 
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ class SAMLProviderDataViewSet(PermissionRequiredMixin, SAMLProviderDataMixin, vi
         """
         return self.requested_enterprise_uuid
 
-    @action(detail=False, methods=['post'])
+    @action(detail=False, methods=['post', 'put'])
     def sync_provider_data(self, request):
         """
         Creates or updates a SAMProviderData record using info fetched from remote SAML metadata
@@ -110,7 +111,12 @@ class SAMLProviderDataViewSet(PermissionRequiredMixin, SAMLProviderDataMixin, vi
             return Response('metadata_url is required!', status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
         # part 1: fetch information from remote metadata based on metadataUrl in samlproviderconfig
-        xml = fetch_metadata_xml(metadata_url)
+        try:
+            xml = fetch_metadata_xml(metadata_url)
+        except (SSLError, MissingSchema) as ex:
+            msg = f'Could not verify provider metadata url. Exc type: {type(ex).__name__}'
+            log.warning(msg)
+            return Response(msg, status.HTTP_406_NOT_ACCEPTABLE)
 
         # part 2: create/update samlproviderdata
         log.info("Processing IdP with entityID %s", entity_id)