Delegated Authentication in Salesforce allows your organization to use an external web service to authenticate users, rather than relying on Salesforce's built-in username and password authentication. This is a form of Single Sign-On (SSO) — a method that lets users log in once and access multiple systems without re-entering credentials.
As of the Summer '20 release, this feature is no longer required to be enabled by Salesforce Support. A Salesforce Administrator can enable it directly via Setup.
Delegated Authentication is available in the following editions: Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions.
Review the following resources before activating this feature:
To enable Delegated Authentication in your Salesforce org, follow the steps below based on your UI mode. After enabling, the Is Single Sign-On Enabled permission becomes available in profiles and permission sets.
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