User Name and Password Authentication for the

You can authenticate with the
by using a user name and password known to the
vCenter Single Sign-On
Service.
If you prefer to delegate the process of requesting a SAML token for your API client, you can present your
domain credentials to the
vSphere Automation
API endpoint and request a session ID. The endpoint process forwards your credentials to the
vCenter Single Sign-On
Service and requests a SAML token on your behalf. In this case, you never deal with the token.