Understanding SSO
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Login via SSO (process)
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When a school uses Edumaps via an external platform (such as Vidis, IServ, Edupool, Bildungsmediathek NRW, …), users log in through that platform.
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The process is roughly:
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- The user is on the external platform and clicks the “Edumaps” button or tile.
- The external platform sends the user to Edumaps and both servers confirm the identity.
- Edumaps receives the necessary user data.
- Edumaps checks whether a matching account already exists.
- The user is signed in or must confirm a link.
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Important: Edumaps does not determine identity based on the name alone. Names are not unique enough.
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Every platform has its own identifiers!