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  1. Login - Enable Microsoft Entra ID Single Sign On

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    In development  ·  AdminKelly Munro (Community Manager, Xero) responded

    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…
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    Stefan Strobel commented  · 

    Thanks for raising awareness to not only limit this functionality to Entra ID.
    Enabling generic SAML / OIDC would allow the usage of other tools _as well_ as Entra ID.

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    Stefan Strobel commented  · 

    100% agree with a vendor-agnostic SSO solution based on industry standards. Implementing _standard_ SAML or OIDC would greatly benefit everybody.

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    Stefan Strobel commented  · 

    certainly SSO (and SCIM) is needed and required. Please do not limit this to Entra ID, but keep it generic using SAML 2.0 or OIDC. This is not an optional nice-to-have, but an essential functionality in the 21st century!

    Stefan Strobel supported this idea  ·