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Single Sign-on (SSO) Overview

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Written by Loren Alldrin
Updated over a month ago

Tags | Authentication | SSO | SAML |

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Applies to: Basic, Business

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Overview

Single Sign-On (SSO) allows you to control access to your Stack Overflow Internal site using an Identity Provider (IdP). Stack Overflow Internal SSO uses the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) standard. You can learn more about SAML in our SAML Authentication Overview article.

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With SSO set up, your IdP will handle authentication of users. Only users you've granted access to will be able to log in to your site.

To get started setting up SSO on your Stack Overflow Internal site, select your IdP below for step-by-step instructions:


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