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description: Grafana SAML Authentication
keywords:
  - grafana
  - saml
  - documentation
  - saml-auth
title: SAML Authentication
weight: 1100
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# SAML authentication

The SAML authentication integration allows your Grafana users to log in by using an external SAML Identity Provider (IdP). To enable this, Grafana becomes a Service Provider (SP) in the authentication flow, interacting with the IdP to exchange user information.

> SAML authentication integration is available in Grafana Cloud Pro and Advanced and in Grafana Enterprise. For more information, refer to [SAML authentication]({{< relref "../enterprise/saml.md" >}}) in [Grafana Enterprise]({{< relref "../enterprise" >}}).
