# SSO integration & external profile sync help

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-integration-external-profile-sync-help/62457
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 10, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-integration-external-profile-sync-help/62457 "2017-05-10T19:03:46Z")
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### Author: ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-integration-external-profile-sync-help/62457/2 "2017-05-10T19:25:02Z")

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> [@Brock\_Busby](#):
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> How do we sync these updates when they save on their external profile?

> [@Setup DiscourseConnect - Official Single-Sign-On for Discourse (sso)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/official-single-sign-on-for-discourse/13045):
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> [DiscourseConnect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true) is a core Discourse feature that allows you to configure “Single Sign-On (SSO)” to completely outsource all user registration and login from Discourse to another site. Offered to our [pro, business and enterprise hosting customers](https://discourse.org/pricing). information_source (Feb 2021) ‘[Discourse SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true)’ is now ‘[DiscourseConnect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true)’. If you are running an old version of Discourse, the settings below will be named sso\_... rather than discourse\_connect\_... The Problem Many sites wishing to integrate wit…

See the section titled “Synchronizing SSO records”

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