Activity Forums Salesforce® Discussions What is a Connected App in Salesforce?

  • shariq

    Member
    September 22, 2018 at 4:35 pm

    connected app integrates an application with Salesforce using APIs. Connected apps use standard SAML and OAuth protocols to authenticate, provide single sign-on, and provide tokens for use with Salesforce APIs. In addition to standard OAuth capabilities, connected apps allow Salesforce admins to set various security policies and have explicit control over who can use the corresponding apps.

  • Parul

    Member
    September 22, 2018 at 5:15 pm

    To authenticate using OAuth, you must create a connected app that defines your application’s OAuth settings for the Salesforce organization.
    When you develop an external application that needs to authenticate with Salesforce, you need to define it as a new connected app within the Salesforce organization that informs Salesforce of this new authentication entry point.

    Hope this helps.

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