Supported authentication protocols

You can connect any application written in any language or on any stack to Trimble Identity. However, the authentication flow you choose depends on the protocol that your application supports. Trimble Identity currently supports Identity protocols:

• OAuth 2.0 and OpenID
• SAML protocol for enterprise deployments.

Protocol	Description
OAuth 2.0	OAuth 2.0 is a standard designed to allow a website or application to access resources hosted by other web apps on behalf of a user.
OpenID Connect	OpenID Connect is an authentication protocol, based on the OAuth 2.0 family of specifications. It uses simple JSON identity tokens (JWT) delivered via the OAuth 2.0 protocol.
SAML 2.0	Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an XML-based protocol, that provides both authentication and authorization between trusted parties.