{"meta":{"title":"Understanding IAM for enterprises","intro":"You can invite existing personal accounts on GitHub.com to be members of your enterprise, and you can optionally enable SAML single sign-on (SSO) to centrally manage access. Alternatively, you can use Enterprise Managed Users with SAML SSO to create and control the accounts of your enterprise members.","product":"Enterprise administrators","breadcrumbs":[{"href":"/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/admin","title":"Enterprise administrators"},{"href":"/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/admin/managing-iam","title":"Identity and access management"},{"href":"/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/admin/managing-iam/understanding-iam-for-enterprises","title":"Understand enterprise IAM"}],"documentType":"subcategory"},"body":"# Understanding IAM for enterprises\n\n## Links\n\n* [About SAML for enterprise IAM](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/admin/managing-iam/understanding-iam-for-enterprises/about-saml-for-enterprise-iam)\n\n  You can use SAML single sign-on (SSO) to centrally manage access .\n\n* [Abilities and restrictions of managed user accounts](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/admin/managing-iam/understanding-iam-for-enterprises/abilities-and-restrictions-of-managed-user-accounts)\n\n  Learn what users can and cannot do if you manage accounts from an identity provider (IdP).\n\n* [Getting started with Enterprise Managed Users](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/admin/managing-iam/understanding-iam-for-enterprises/getting-started-with-enterprise-managed-users)\n\n  Learn how to create and configure an enterprise with managed users.\n\n* [/changing-authentication-methods](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/changing-authentication-methods)\n\n* [/allowing-built-in-authentication-for-users-outside-your-provider](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/allowing-built-in-authentication-for-users-outside-your-provider)\n\n* [Troubleshooting identity and access management for your enterprise](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/admin/managing-iam/understanding-iam-for-enterprises/troubleshooting-identity-and-access-management-for-your-enterprise)\n\n  Review common issues and solutions for identity and access management for your enterprise."}