6 Setting up an external identity provider

You can configure MyID to set up an external OpenID Connect identity provider (for example, Microsoft Entra or Google) to provide authentication to the MyID Operator Client or any other system that uses the MyID web.oauth2 authentication service.

You can then select the external identity provider from the MyID Authentication screen.

Note: You cannot use external identity providers for MyID Desktop or the Self-Service App; you can use them only for the MyID Operator Client or other systems that you have configured to use the MyID web.oauth2 authentication service.

You can configure MyID to add new users from your external identity provider, to accept users only if they already exist in MyID, or to update existing users with details from the external identity provider. You can map the information available as claims from the external identity providers to MyID user attributes.

You can: