Single sign-on for all your apps
Simplify access to your software as a service (SaaS) apps, cloud apps, or on-premises apps from anywhere with single sign-on (SSO).
What is single sign-on?
What single sign-on provides
Streamlined sign-in experiences
Provide a superior sign-in experience by reducing or eliminating sign-in prompts.
Increased employee productivity
Simplify access and app discovery with a one-click, centralized app-launching experience.
Enhanced security
Reduce the reuse of usernames and passwords across apps to help minimize the risk of breaches.
Increased IT efficiency
Centralize user account management and automatically add or remove user access across apps based on group membership or roles.
Single sign-on with Azure AD
Enabling SSO with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) means users can sign-in once to access their Microsoft apps and other cloud, SaaS, and on-premises apps with the same credential.
Single sign-on methods
Choose an SSO method based on how your application is configured for authentication.
Preintegrated single sign-on apps
Use our prebuilt integrations to connect to your cloud-enabled SaaS apps such as ServiceNow, Workday, and Box.
OpenID Connect single sign-on
Use OpenID Connect and OAuth for SSO when developing a new app.
SAML single sign-on
Choose SAML whenever possible for existing apps that do not use OpenID Connect or OAuth.
Single sign-on for on-premises apps
Use Azure AD Application Proxy to provide SSO for on-premises apps that use authentication methods such a header-based sign-on or Integrated Windows Authentication.
Take a deep dive into using single sign-on with Azure AD
Where single sign-on is making a difference
With Azure AD, ASOS now gives new employees single sign-on access to the workplace tools they need, helping to minimize password proliferation.
Mattress Firm streamlined access for its workforce by providing single sign-on with Azure AD to over 40 apps, including Workday, Salesforce, Citrix, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Concur, Tableau and Office 365.
Employees love using Azure Active Directory for sign-on versus having multiple passwords and different accounts to manage.