Thanks for your feedback on Single Sign-On(SSO). We last updated this idea in October 2025, and we’re sorry it’s taken some time for us to provide another. We will do our best to keep you more informed of progress as it continues.
Where SSO is today
We’ve built an SSO capability for accountant and bookkeeper partner practices using OpenID Connect (OIDC). We ran a closed beta with a small group of partners, which is now complete, and those partners are connected. We’re still confirming how and when other accounting and bookkeeping partners can access it. SSO isn’t currently available to businesses or IT providers. We’ll share access details in a future update once they’re confirmed.
What we’re looking at next
We’re exploring what it would take to offer SSO to small businesses. Business needs differ from accountant and bookkeeper partners’, so we’re looking at:
how a business and its users are set up in Xero
which businesses would qualify
how we’d check a company owns its email domain
how onboarding and support would work
Help us understand your needs
If you run or work in a small business, an accounting or bookkeeping practice, or are an IT provider, please take our short survey. It will give us a sense of how you sign in today, which identity provider you use (if any) and what you need from SSO. It takes about 5 minutes and closes Friday 11 December 2026.
We don’t have a timeline to share yet. We’ll share an update on the survey findings in the new year (2027).
Thanks for your feedback on Single Sign-On(SSO). We last updated this idea in October 2025, and we’re sorry it’s taken some time for us to provide another. We will do our best to keep you more informed of progress as it continues.
Where SSO is today
We’ve built an SSO capability for accountant and bookkeeper partner practices using OpenID Connect (OIDC). We ran a closed beta with a small group of partners, which is now complete, and those partners are connected. We’re still confirming how and when other accounting and bookkeeping partners can access it. SSO isn’t currently available to businesses or IT providers. We’ll share access details in a future update once they’re confirmed.
What we’re looking at next
We’re exploring what it would take to offer SSO to small businesses. Business needs differ from accountant and bookkeeper partners’, so we’re looking at:
As an Identity Security consulting services company, and a 10+ year user of Xero accounting software across multiple countries, we have been eagerly awaiting an announcement from Xero to address this most basic requirement, that seemingly most other SaaS vendors already offer. We have tried to build our own, but due to limitations in the product, were unable to achieve a viable SSO solution. However, what we were able to build is an automated provisioning/de-provisioning tool from Xero Payroll to on-prem AD or Entra ID. If anyone is interested in this capability, here is a link to more information. https://assertiv.com/hr2entra/
Philip Owens
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As an Identity Security consulting services company, and a 10+ year user of Xero accounting software across multiple countries, we have been eagerly awaiting an announcement from Xero to address this most basic requirement, that seemingly most other SaaS vendors already offer. We have tried to build our own, but due to limitations in the product, were unable to achieve a viable SSO solution. However, what we were able to build is an automated provisioning/de-provisioning tool from Xero Payroll to on-prem AD or Entra ID. If anyone is interested in this capability, here is a link to more information. https://assertiv.com/hr2entra/