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Tokens contain claims that are statements about the subject, such as name, role, or email address. Beyond the default set of claims that are contained in ID tokens and access tokens, you can define your own custom claims. For example, you might want to add a user's email address to an access token and use that to uniquely identify the user, or you may want to add information stored in a user profile to an ID token.
You can also add a Groups claim to ID tokens for any combination of App Groups and User Groups to perform SSO using the Okta Org Authorization Server. And, you can add a Groups claim to ID tokens and access tokens to perform authentication and authorization using a Custom Authorization Server. See Authorization Servers for more information on the types of authorization servers available to you and what you can use them for.
Additionally, you can create a dynamic or static allow list when you need to set Group allow lists on a per-app basis using both the Org Authorization Server and a Custom Authorization Server. If you have a large number of Groups but only 20 Groups apply to your app, you don't want to run through all of your Groups every time a Groups claim is created. This process optionally uses Okta's flexible app profile, which accepts any JSON-compliant content, to create an allow list of Groups that can then easily be referenced.
This guide assumes that you:
- Have an Okta Developer Edition organization. Create an org for free (opens new window).
- Have an OpenID Connect client application (opens new window) in Okta with at least one user assigned to it (opens new window).
- Have a group in Okta (opens new window) with at least one person assigned to it.
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