Stop building individual login integrations. RosterStream's SSO Connect gives your edtech app a single API endpoint — and all the login buttons your users expect.
Every district has a preferred way for teachers and students to log in. One district is a Google school. Another uses Microsoft. Some run legacy systems with their own authentication requirements. And each one expects your app to support their method out of the box, on day one.
The problem is that each login method is a separate integration your engineering team has to build, maintain, and support. Authentication protocols differ. Token handling differs. User attribute mapping differs. And every time a provider updates their API, your team has to respond.
That’s the authentication infrastructure problem, and it’s exactly what SSO Connect was built to solve.
SSO Connect is a component of the RosterStream platform that gives your edtech application one single API endpoint to handle authentication across all major K-12 identity providers. Instead of building and maintaining separate integrations for Clever, Google, ClassLink, Microsoft, and others, your developers connect to one endpoint – and RosterStream handles the rest.
The login buttons your users see on your app still say 'Log in with Microsoft' or 'Log in with Google.' The experience is completely seamless for teachers and students. The difference is what's happening behind the scenes: instead of each button routing to a different system your team built, they all route through RosterStream's unified SSO service.
And because SSO Connect is built on top of RosterStream's rostering infrastructure, authentication is automatically paired with roster data. When a teacher logs in with Google, RosterStream doesn't just verify who they are, it matches the authenticated user automatically to the rostered user from the SIS.
SSO Connect supports the identity providers that matter most in K-12 education:
This means your app can serve districts regardless of what authentication system they've chosen, without any additional integration work from your team once SSO Connect is set up.
SSO Connect is your one-step integration for all major identity providers – Google, Microsoft, Clever, ClassLink, SAML, LTI and more. With a simple configuration setup in RosterStream, you enable seamless authentication. When a user signs in, SSO Connect manages the authentication handshake, validates the identity, and automatically matches the login to the correct rostered user in RosterStream. With our impersonation feature, you can securely log in as a specific user when needed. In short, we streamline sign-ins so your users can get to learning faster.
Here's what SSO Connect means for your business, and for every district you onboard:
Faster district onboarding: When a new district tells you how their teachers and students log in, the answer is always “Yes!”. You can focus onboarding conversations on configuration and rollout, not engineering timelines.
Reduced maintenance burden: Your team maintains one SSO integration, with RosterStream, rather than separate integrations with every provider. When an SSO provider updates their API or Google changes an OAuth scope requirement, RosterStream handles the update. Your app stays unaffected.
Authentication tied to rostering: Because SSO Connect lives inside RosterStream, authentication isn't siloed from roster data. When a student logs in, they're already matched to their enrolled courses, teacher, and school, automatically. You don't have to build a separate user-matching layer.
Better user experience for teachers and students: Users see familiar login buttons tied to accounts they already use. No separate usernames or passwords to manage. No friction at the door before they can start using your product.
SSO Connect isn't a standalone product, it's one piece of what RosterStream offers edtech vendors. RosterStream's core platform handles automated roster syncing across OneRoster, EdFi, Clever, ClassLink, and CSV-based workflows. SSO Connect extends that infrastructure to cover authentication, so vendors have a single platform managing both who their users are and how they log in.
The combination means your app can go live in a new district, with rostering and authentication both working, without your team building any of the underlying infrastructure.
Interested in seeing SSO Connect in action? Book a demo here to learn more.
