# How SAML Authentication Works?

DevFeed: [How SAML Authentication Works?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-saml-authentication-works-29677.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/how-saml-authentication-works/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Russell Jones)

Published: 2021-04-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [saml](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saml.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Single sign-on (SSO)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sso.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [active-directory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/active-directory.md>), [auth0](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/auth0.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authorization.md>), [saml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saml.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [sso](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sso.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how SAML 2.0 exchanges authentication and authorization information between services, focusing on its use in enterprise single sign-on. It introduces the security benefits of centralized identity and consistent authentication, along with key terminology such as principal and identity provider.

## Source excerpt

At its core, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 is a means to exchange authorization and authentication information between services. Learn how saml works.