# SSO vs Oauth2 difference?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-vs-oauth2-difference/76543
**Category:** SSO
**Created:** [December 21, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-vs-oauth2-difference/76543 "2017-12-21T08:09:33Z")
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### Author: ![Joralf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Joralf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joralf)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-vs-oauth2-difference/76543/17 "2019-11-12T13:13:19Z")

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@sam Is there any update on this? It seems, even though we only have 1 login method, you still need to click login get access to the forum. I think SSO is an alternative, but it requires an extra layer in your infrastructure and thus adds complexity, so I’m debating whether we should go for that or not.

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