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AEM as a Cloud Service authentication

Last update: May 7, 2026
  • Applies to:
  • Experience Manager as a Cloud Service

CREATED FOR:

  • Intermediate
  • Developer

AEM as a Cloud Service supports multiple of authentication options and varies by service type.

AEM Author
AEM Publish
Adobe IMS
(AEM Preview does not support Adobe IMS)
✔
✔
OpenID Connect (OIDC)
✘
✔
SAML 2.0 via Adobe IMS
✔
✔
SAML 2.0
✘
✔
Single-sign On (SSO)
✘
✔
OAuth
✘
✔
Token authentication
✔
✔
Basic authentication
✘
✘

Authentication options

Click into the corresponding link below to for details on how to set up and use the authentication approach.

Adobe IMS

Adobe IMS

Manage AEM Author access using Adobe IMS via the Adobe Admin Console.

SAML 2.0

SAML 2.0

Authenticate your web site's user to an IDP using AEM Publish service's SAML 2.0 integration.

Token

Token authentication

Allow applications and middleware to authenticate to AEM using an API service token.

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