Use Zoho Directory to enable Single Sign-On
You can use Zoho Directory to provide single sign-on (SSO) for your applications by delegating user authentication to third-party identity providers that support SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language). With SSO, you and your users can sign in to your identity provider to access your Creator applications without having to sign in to Zoho.
- Set up custom authentication using Zoho Directory
- Examples on how to set up custom authentication for your users
- Refer to this page to connect with other IdPs
Below is how the Custom Authentication tab looks like in your Zoho Directory page.
Examples
Imagine an organization named Zylker. Like many enterprises today, Zylker has set up an Identity Management (IdM) service to enable single sign-on (SSO) for its employees — use a single set of credentials to access all their work-related applications. Now imagine that Zylker subscribed to Zoho Creator to build some custom applications and wants to share them with their employees. Instead of having all employees create a new set of credentials to access the Creator applications, Zylker can use Zoho Directory to connect with their IdM (as long as the said IdM supports SAML - Security Assertion Markup Language). By doing so, they will only need to enter their email address in Zoho's sign-in page and will automatically be redirected to the IdM for authentication.