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title: "Introduction"
slug: "introduction-to-identitiy-providers"
updated: 2026-10-28T13:16:49Z
published: 2026-10-28T13:16:49Z
canonical: "help.mail-and-deploy.com/introduction-to-identitiy-providers"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Introduction to Identity Providers

### General

Identity providers can be used to grant [Users](/release36/docs/users) access to Mail & Deploy, add them to [User Groups](/release36/docs/user-groups), and grant them [Authorizations](/release36/docs/introduction-6) without having to create them manually or through the synchronization with a [User Directory](/release36/docs/introduction-9). The following types of identity providers are supported:

- [OpenID Connect Identity Providers](/release36/docs/openid-connect-identity-providers)

### Managing Identity Providers

To manage identity providers you have to connect to the [Management Service](/release36/docs/services) of Mail & Deploy, click the *Settings* item in the main menu, and then click the *Identity Providers* tile. This will provide you with a list of all configured identity providers; you can edit or delete existing identity providers or configure new ones.

NOTE

Only [Users](/release36/docs/users) of type Administrator can manage identity providers.

### Just-in-Time Provisioning

When you use identity providers, [Users](/release36/docs/users) do not have be added to Mail & Deploy manually or by synchronizing them with a [User Directory](/docs/release36/docs/introduction-to-user-directories). Instead, whenever a user authenticates through an identity provider, Mail & Deploy will check whether that user has access to Mail & Deploy (more details can be found in the documentation parts covering specific identity providers) and will create/update the [User](/release36/docs/users) and link that user to [User Groups](/release36/docs/user-groups) on the fly.