Single Sign-On (SSO)

Introduction

LoyJoy provides a convient way to sign up and sign in using third party identity providers like Microsoft. This way, you can authenticate yourself using your providers credentials to sign in to LoyJoy with a single click. You can even force your users to sign in using SSO only.

Sign up

Starting with the sign up procedure, where you are not yet a known user to the LoyJoy platform. This is the most straightforward way, where LoyJoy automatically creates a user account and a tenant based on your third party identity. On the sign in or sign up page, click on the identity provider of your choice to start the sign up process. You are redirected to it's sign in screen. Login and confirm the sign up. You'll get an email to confirm your email address. After approving, you can use the sign in buttons on the sign in screen to sign in to your new and fresh LoyJoy tenant.

Connect your existing LoyJoy account with your identity provider

If you already have an account in LoyJoy, you can connect the account with your identity provider in order to use the SSO feature later on. First, sign in to LoyJoy using your exisisting sign in process. Next, in your account settings click on the identities tab to manage your identities. Here you can add your preferred identity provider by clicking on the respective icon. After following the procedure, your newly added identity provider will appear as an entry on the bottom of this page.

Force your users to use SSO

If you want your users to sign in to your tenant using a specific identity provider, you can do so by adding the id of your identity provider's organization in your tenant settings. Go to the User Account tab and setting to connect your identity provider. Note that in order to add your identity provider organization you have to be signed in using your identity provider. As soon as your connection is established all users (including yourself) are forced to sign in to the tenant using SSO.