External Authentication and User Types in Alma
Learn about external authentication, a form of access control where a trusted source verifies user credentials, as well as the types of users within Alma, such as internal and externally imported users. Discover how updating external authentication methods can benefit your institution and what future plans may hold in this regard.
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What is External Authentication? External authentication is a type of access control where a trusted source verifies a user s credentials.
Types of users in Alma Internal Created in Alma, password managed in Alma Mostly limited to some small patron groups and one or two Sysadmin type accounts External Imported via SIS Integration, password managed externally Majority of users will fall in this category
Updating External Auth Authentication methods will continue to change Updates and new methods can be tested with Alma Will always require help from your local IT teams
External Authentication in Thank you! Questions?
