Managing access credentials for a service provider

A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon instructions for performing a method comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one machine, causes the machine to:

• identify a service provider providing services or information to at least one of a plurality of organizations having access to a multi-tenant database system provided by a first party;
• establish an account for the service provider at a hosted service system, the hosted service system provided by a third party that is different from the first party providing the multi-tenant database system, the account for maintaining access credentials for the at least one of the plurality of organizations to the service provider's services or information, wherein the access credentials are not maintained at the multi-tenant database system;
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• using the credentials, authenticate the at least one of a plurality of organizations for access to the service provider's services or information through the multi-tenant database system.

A method performed by one or more processor executing machine executable code, the method comprising:

• identifying a service provider providing services or information to at least one of a plurality of organizations having access to a multi-tenant database system provided by a first party;
• establishing an account for the service provider at a hosted service system, the hosted service system provided by a third party that is different from the first party providing the multi-tenant database system, the account for maintaining access credentials for the at least one of the plurality of organizations to the service provider's services or information, wherein the access credentials are not maintained at the multi-tenant database system;
• and
• using the credentials, authenticating the at least one of a plurality of organizations for access to the service provider's services or information through the multi-tenant database system.