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AEM as a Cloud Service authentication

Last update: March 23, 2025
  • Applies to:
  • Experience Manager as a Cloud Service
  • Topics:
  • Security

CREATED FOR:

  • Intermediate
  • Developer

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

AEM AuthorAEM Publish
Adobe IMS✔✘
• 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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