Prompt
What should I use for multi-tenant enterprise authentication?
Latest observation
For multi-tenant enterprise authentication, the usual best choice is:
Use OpenID Connect (OIDC) on top of OAuth 2.0
with an enterprise IdP such as:
- Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
- Okta
- Auth0
- Ping Identity
- Google Workspace (for some orgs)
Why this is the standard
- Enterprise-friendly: supports SSO, MFA, conditional access, and federation
- Multi-tenant support: one app can serve many customer organizations
- Standards-based: easier to integrate and less vendor lock-in than custom auth
- Delegated identity: customers can use their own IdP
- Scales well: works for SaaS with many orgs
Typical setup
- Frontend: OIDC Authorization Code Flow with PKCE
- Backend/API: validates JWT access tokens
- Tenant mapping: map users to tenants using:
- email domain
tid/ tenant claim- organization ID in your app
- explicit admin connection/setup step
If you’re building SaaS for enterprises
Support:
- SAML 2.0 for legacy enterprise SSO
- OIDC for modern customers
- SCIM for user provisioning/deprovisioning
- RBAC/ABAC for authorization after login
Practical recommendation
If you want the safest default:
- OIDC for authentication
- JWTs for APIs
- Per-tenant authorization in your app
- SAML compatibility if you need enterprise buyers
- SCIM for provisioning
Avoid
- Building your own auth system from scratch
- Using only passwords for enterprise customers
- Using a single shared tenant without strong tenant isolation
If you want, I can also recommend the best option based on your stack, like AWS, Azure, GCP, React, Node, .NET, or Kubernetes.
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