Certified Identity and Access Management Designer

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VerifiedAccess Management Best Practices

Universal Containers (UC) uses middleware to integrate several systems with Salesforce. UC has a strict new requirement that usernames and passwords must not be stored in any UC system.

How can UC’s middleware authenticate to Salesforce while complying with this requirement?

Explanation

The OAuth 2.0 JWT Bearer Token flow supports server-to-server authentication using a digitally signed JWT and the connected app’s configured certificate, rather than a stored Salesforce username-and-password credential. Salesforce’s developer guidance identifies JWT bearer flow as the server-to-server flow for integrations using a single integration user.

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