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# Onboard and Authenticate with Social Media Account

Digital Identity Management provides user onboarding and authentication with social media account. A user can sign themselves up as a new user by selecting from the list of available social media providers. Digital Identity Management supports the following social media providers:

* Apple ID
* Facebook
* Google
* LinkedIn
* Microsoft

Once they are registered, they can log in to the portal to start using the services they signed up for.

## Social Media Account User Onboarding Flow

Following is a typical user onboarding example for this flow:

* A new user visits an organization's login/sign-up page.

* The user signs up or registers to Digital Identity Management services with their social media account.

  **Note:** User is already signed in to their social media account.

* User is redirected to the selected social media provider.

* User is prompted to allow sharing certain user data with the service.

* User provides their consent to share certain user data.

* Social media provider returns an access token to Digital Identity Management.

* Digital Identity Management calls social media provider on a secure back channel to redeem token.

* Digital Identity Management receives and displays user data.

* User confirms the data.

* User is activated into Digital Identity Management.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/amdocs-ulm/11Eo_UmnVjqUC-Xl/portal/m1Connect/DIMProductDescription/images/ams_userOnboardWithSocialFlow.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=11Eo_UmnVjqUC-Xl&q=85&s=2cfe3bc64ac81c463a50ad24d99d4653" alt="Social Media Account User Onboarding Flow" width="1750" height="937" data-path="portal/m1Connect/DIMProductDescription/images/ams_userOnboardWithSocialFlow.png" />

## Social Media Account User Authentication Flow

Following is a typical user authentication example for this flow:

* A user visits an organization's login/sign-up page.

* The user selects from the list of available social media account.

  **Note:** User is already signed in to their social media account.

* The user is redirected to the selected social media provider.

* Social media provider returns an access token to Digital Identity Management.

* Digital Identity Management calls social media provider on a secure back channel to redeem token.

* Digital Identity Management receives user data.

* The user is logged in after Digital Identity Management's successful identity verification.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/amdocs-ulm/11Eo_UmnVjqUC-Xl/portal/m1Connect/DIMProductDescription/images/ams_userAuthWithSocialFlow.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=11Eo_UmnVjqUC-Xl&q=85&s=f6ab6c7cfd55fb8e9dc960b9c9df8e2f" alt="Social Media Account User Authentication Flow" width="1665" height="1000" data-path="portal/m1Connect/DIMProductDescription/images/ams_userAuthWithSocialFlow.png" />

**Parent topic:**[User Onboarding and Authentication](../topics/userOnboardingAndAuthentication)


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