Centrally manage authorization for MCP connectors

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Source: https://claude.com/blog/enterprise-managed-auth Published: June 18, 2026 Categories: Enterprise AI, Product announcements Products: Claude Enterprise, Claude apps Reading time: 5 minutes

Core Announcement

Admins can now provision MCP connectors organization-wide through their identity provider, starting with Okta. Users get connector access automatically on first login, with authorization configured centrally.

The problem it solves: Previously, enabling connectors required two steps — an admin enabled the connector, then every individual user had to authorize it themselves. This new feature eliminates that second step for end users.

The result: "zero-touch connector setup for the end user."

Technical Details

Built on the Enterprise-Managed Authorization extension to the Model Context Protocol — an open standard so any connector can support it, including custom connectors.
Access stays consistent across Claude chat, Claude Code, and Cowork.
For admins: provision once, scope by group, manage revocation through the IdP.
Admins can shorten access token lifetimes since IdP checks are frictionless.
Admins can require that a connector only connects through the IdP, keeping work and personal use separated.

Ecosystem at Launch

Identity providers: Okta at launch; more coming soon.

MCP providers supporting at launch: Asana, Atlassian, Canva, Figma, Granola, Linear, and Supabase. Slack coming soon.

Claude customers rolling it out: Hubspot, Ramp, and Webflow.

Key Quotes

Arnab Bose, Asana CPO: "Enterprise-managed auth is a foundational milestone in realizing Asana's vision as the operating system for human-agent teams."
Brendan Haire, Atlassian VP of Engineering, Rovo and AI: Enterprise-managed auth "makes Atlassian Rovo MCP easier for Claude Enterprise customers to adopt at scale, giving employees a simple way to connect..."
Aaron Parecki, Okta Director of Identity Standards: "The momentum around MCP is incredible, but as we move toward an interconnected AI workforce, security can't be an afterthought."
Cameron Leavenworth, Ramp Staff IT Engineer, AI: "Now they log in to Claude on day one already connected — 2,000 employees, provisioned through Okta, zero extra steps."
Tom Moor, Linear Head of Engineering: "Logging in once and automatically having all your MCP connectors automatically set up is pretty magical."
Andrew Meinert, Hubspot Director, System Operations & AI: "Enterprise-managed auth is the security and user experience that we've been looking for with MCP connections."
Bil Harmer, Supabase CISO: "The only way to use Supabase through Claude was to be an org owner or hand out Personal Access Tokens..."
Rod García, Slack VP of Engineering: "Slack is the place where humans and agents are working side by side, in the same conversation..."
Reed Shackelford, Webflow Senior Manager, Enterprise AI Operations: "Enterprise-managed auth turned AI into something people use instead of request..."
Chris Pedregal, Granola CEO & co-founder: "It's great to see Anthropic and Okta make it easier for enterprises to connect to MCP servers securely..."
Devdatta Akhawe, Figma VP of Engineering: "The Figma MCP brings the power of code and canvas together so teams can move faster..."
Anwar Haneef, Canva GM & Head of Ecosystem: "Enterprise-managed auth with Okta makes it clear and simple for enterprises to manage AI access with a system they already trust..."

Availability

Available in beta for customers on Claude Team and Enterprise plans.