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SSO vs SAML
Why single sign-on matters, what SAML actually is, and how to keep your customers happy (and secure)
The TL;DR

• Single sign-on (SSO) is the experience: one set of credentials, many SaaS applications.
• SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) is one of the protocols that make enterprise SSO possible.

Adding Enterprise SSO / SAML to Laravel
Laravel is a PHP-based web application framework. If you read through their marketing site, you’ll see a few common words like elegant, simple, and clean.

Jan 3, 2025 • 6 min read

What Does Identity Provider Actually Mean?
When it comes to online security and authentication, the term "Identity Provider" is often thrown around. But what does it actually mean? In simple terms, an identity provider is a system that creates, maintains, and manages identity information for principals.

Mar 9, 2023 • 2 min read

What Does SSO Actually Mean?
Before answering the question at hand, you should know that you’ve probably used SSO already. Any time you’ve signed up for or logged into a product using a Google account, for example, you’ve experienced SSO.

Feb 21, 2023 • 3 min read

ELI5: SAML
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an authentication feature that grants users access to different company web applications using their employer's credentials.

Oct 12, 2022 • 5 min read

Why B2B Companies Waste More Time on Authentication
B2B companies have a lot of additional user authentication needs than B2C.
You start with an organization ID and an invitation flow, and slowly you are required to cater for complex relationships between users and their respective companies.

Sep 28, 2022 • 5 min read

Azure AD SAML Connections in One Click
SAML enables our customers to provide Enterprise SSO within their products in a single click.

Sep 23, 2022 • 1 min read

PropelAuth Launches Self-service SAML
We’re excited to say that our SAML (also called Enterprise SSO) implementation is out of beta and now available to all our customers!

Sep 21, 2022 • 4 min read

Step-by-step Guide to Add SSO with Microsoft
Logging in with an SSO provider like Microsoft, Google, Github, etc. provides one of the lowest friction ways of signing up new users.

Feb 24, 2022 • 2 min read

Sign In and Account Merges with Slack
PropelAuth manages the entire OAuth flow so all you have to do is enter some basic information and your users can sign in with Slack.

Feb 21, 2022 • 2 min read