Understanding Different Authentication Grant Type WorkFlows in Sitecore OrderCloud
Hello everyone,In my previous blog regarding OrderCloud, we have seen what is Buyer organization, Buyer User group, Buyer User and how they are related to each other. In this blog we will try to understand the Authentication mechanism used by Sitecore OrderCloud. What different grant types it support and how we can connect to a third party OpenID(basically for implementing Single Sign On) for implementing the same. Sitecore OrderCloud mechanism is built on OAuth 2.0 to support both Authentication and Authorization.If you want to understand Authentication and Authroization you can refer my blog on the same Here .I have tried to explain using Sitecore and how it implement the same. So lets get started. In Sitecore OrderCloud there are basically 6 GrantType Workflows which is listed below Password Grant Type Workflow Client Credential Workflow Refresh Workflow Elevated Password Workflow Anonnymous Shopping Workflow SSO Workflow Password Grant Type Workflow : The most common grant type...