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title: SAML Authentication
slug: singleconnect-reference-guide-3-2-0/saml-authentication
description: Learn how to integrate external identity providers with Single Connect using SAML Authentication. This document provides a step-by-step guide for integrating OneLogin, a popular identity provider, with the Azure AD Configuration and OneLogin Configuration
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createdAt: 2022-07-24T13:20:27.000Z
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SAML is a protocol used to share security credentials across one or more network systems. **SAML Authentication** integration can be used to integrate external identity providers with Single Connect.

Single Connect can be integrated with OneLogin identity provider. OneLogin integration consists of two steps: 

1. OneLogin Configuration
2. Azure AD Configuration