{"id":3562,"date":"2021-03-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jumpcloud.com\/blog\/?p=3562"},"modified":"2023-01-06T17:28:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T22:28:32","slug":"what-is-authentication-as-a-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/what-is-authentication-as-a-service","title":{"rendered":"What is Authentication-as-a-(Micro)Service?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the arrival of cloud-based services, many organizations are moving to the cloud. IaaS-, PaaS-, and SaaS-based services have changed and will continue to change the landscape of IT. For example, no longer do IT admins need to purchase hardware, software, and manage implementations on-premises. Rather, cloud-based services – and microservices – have allowed IT admins to leverage cloud services such as Authentication-as-a-Service<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Can Authentication-as-a-Service Work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An authentication microservice can take different forms. There are mainly two different categories to consider:<\/p>\n\n\n\n