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title: "Authentication Setup Guide"
url: "https://help.outdoo.ai/en/article/authentication-setup-guide"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2026-11-10T16:39:47.074Z"
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# Authentication Setup Guide

Learn how to configure authentication methods for your Outdoo team, including email/password, Google, Microsoft, and SAML single sign-on with your identity provider.

Follow these steps to choose how your team members log in to Outdoo AI and how long they stay signed in. For a comparison of the available methods and which one suits your organization, see [Authentication Methods in Outdoo AI](https://help.outdoo.ai/en/article/authentication-methods-in-outdoo).

## Step 1: Open the Authentication page

Go to **Company Settings > Authentication**.

![Authentication settings page with Outdoo AI Sign In, Common Identity Providers, and Additional Authentication Providers (SAML) sections](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/666fdec617b81d256ca8f1ca/6a7d9341104b6a8494dd7ece_company-settings-authentication.avif)

*The Authentication page, where login methods and session settings are configured.*

## Step 2: Choose login methods

Under **Authentication Methods**, select the checkbox for each method you want to allow:

-   **Outdoo AI Sign In:** Email and Password

-   **Common Identity Providers:** Google, Microsoft

Clear a checkbox to stop team members from using that method.

## Step 3: Add SAML SSO (optional)

If your organization signs in through an identity provider such as Microsoft Entra ID or Okta, select **SAML** in the **Additional Authentication Providers** dropdown. SAML needs setup in your identity provider as well as in Outdoo AI. Follow [Set up SAML SSO Authentication](https://help.outdoo.ai/en/article/set-up-saml-sso-authentication) for the full configuration, then return here to finish the remaining steps.

## Step 4: Set session and profile options

-   **Stay Signed In For:** choose how long team members stay signed in before they must sign in again (20 Days, 30 Days, 2 Months, or 6 Months).

-   **Allow \[your company\] team members to update their profile:** select this if team members should be able to edit profile details such as their name.

## Step 5: Save

Click **Save Changes**. To discard your changes instead, click **Cancel**.

## Step 6: Test login

-   Log out of Outdoo AI, or open a private browser window.

-   Log in with each method you enabled.

-   If you enabled SAML, confirm that you are redirected to your identity provider and then back to Outdoo AI.

## Step 7: Roll out to your team

-   Tell your team members which login method to use.

-   Ask a few team members to confirm they can sign in before you announce the change widely.

**Pro Tip:** If you are moving from Email and Password to SAML-only login, confirm that at least one admin can sign in through SAML before you clear the Email and Password checkbox. This prevents you from being locked out.

Hope this article was helpful. For any queries, please write to support@outdoo.ai

## Related articles

-   [Authentication Methods in Outdoo AI](https://help.outdoo.ai/en/article/authentication-methods-in-outdoo): overview of each login method and who it suits

-   [Set up SAML SSO Authentication](https://help.outdoo.ai/en/article/set-up-saml-sso-authentication): SAML configuration in detail, including Microsoft Entra ID

-   [Add or Manage Team Members](https://help.outdoo.ai/en/article/add-or-manage-team-members)