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Hi everyone, we appreciate all the feedback and votes on this idea. We know using Microsoft Entra ID SSO is now common practice for some businesses and being able to access Xero via a native integration with Entra ID would streamline how your teams log in and get set up in Xero, as well as help in managing access for larger teams and keeping things secure.
Our product team have been working with a small limited group of Partners to develop SSO capabilities. Though we can't give any definite timelines yet, we’ll keep this thread updated with news. Thanks
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David Long
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The listed purpose of this idea, as above, is "It makes Microsoft users easily log into Xero". Yes, it does but that is not the main issue here. SSO allows Xero logons to be restricted to work provided secure devices only, via features like M365 conditional access. SSO also means that when a user is offboarded from an organization e.g. via M365 then their logon to Xero is automatically blocked. Without SSO there are potentially users in Xero who still have logons to Xero, but they should not have that access.
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Head of technology is Diya Jolly. I just posted the following on her LinkedIn page under an AI announcement. "How about focusing on basic security instead of AI. Xero does not support Azure SSO which is a requested feature since 2013 on the Xero forums"
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This is critical for IT security. It is very disappointing that Xero does not support this feature. SSO allows for automatic user offboarding, so there is no risk that an offboarded user still has access to Xero. It also allows Conditional Access to block the usage of Xero on unsecure personal laptops
Still waiting for Xero to take security seriously in 2025.