# OpenAM Administration Guide
Chapter 14. Managing OpenID Connect 1.0 Authorization

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## 14.1. About OpenID Connect 1.0 Support in OpenAM

In its role as OpenID Provider, OpenAM lets OpenID Connect clients discover its capabilities, handles both dynamic and static registration of OpenID Connect clients, responds to client requests with authorization codes, access tokens, and user information according to the Basic and Implicit Client Profiles of OpenID Connect, and manages sessions.

This section describes how OpenAM fits into the OpenID Connect picture in terms of the roles that it plays in basic and implicit client profiles, provider discovery, client registration, and session management.