An identity provider is an entity that provides authentication as a consumable service by applications. Platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure support third-party identity providers to authenticate requests by applications on their platforms.

SAML is an XML-based data format for exchanging authentication information between a service provider and an identity provider. In an Informatica domain, an Informatica web application is the service provider.

You can configure the following Informatica web applications to use SAML authentication: