Service Providers and Identity Providers

Service Providers and Identity Providers

In the process of authenticating users, SAML exchanges identity information between the holder of the information, called an identity provider (IdP), and the desired service, called a service provider.

In the case where a user logs in to Salesforce and then accesses Gmail, Salesforce is the identity provider, and Google is the service provider. Salesforce can be both a service provider and identity provider.

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