# AuthenticationDescription
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A structure containing information about the user authentication methods used by the workspace.

## Contents
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 ** providers **   <a name="ManagedGrafana-Type-AuthenticationDescription-providers"></a>
Specifies whether this workspace uses IAM Identity Center, SAML, or both methods to authenticate users to use the Grafana console in the Amazon Managed Grafana workspace.  
Type: Array of strings  
Valid Values: `AWS_SSO | SAML`   
Required: Yes

 ** awsSso **   <a name="ManagedGrafana-Type-AuthenticationDescription-awsSso"></a>
A structure containing information about how this workspace works with IAM Identity Center.   
Type: [AwsSsoAuthentication](API_AwsSsoAuthentication.md) object  
Required: No

 ** saml **   <a name="ManagedGrafana-Type-AuthenticationDescription-saml"></a>
A structure containing information about how this workspace works with SAML, including what attributes within the assertion are to be mapped to user information in the workspace.   
Type: [SamlAuthentication](API_SamlAuthentication.md) object  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/grafana-2020-08-18/AuthenticationDescription) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/grafana-2020-08-18/AuthenticationDescription) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/grafana-2020-08-18/AuthenticationDescription)