Since SMU implemented Single Sign-On (SSO) in 2012, accessing SMU services has become more efficient by reducing the need to sign in repeatedly to every service. This is thanks to the Shibboleth identity provider (IdP), which receives the SSO authentication request, verifies your identity, and grants access without requiring you to provide an additional login during that session. Over the past twelve years since turning on SSO, many improvements have been made with authentication technology, such as biometric authentication, passkeys, and passwordless authentication. In addition, Microsoft has introduced new services that are very relevant to SMU, some of which require a change to our SSO service. OIT plans to stay ahead of these advancements and to introduce Continue reading Moving to Entra ID: A NetID Success Story
