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# Data Source Authentication in Marketing Cloud Intelligence

Data Source Authentication connects you to various API connectors securely and easily.

If you’re connecting your data via an API connector and you enter your credentials, a data source authentication is created automatically. You can also create one manually in the **Connect & Mix** tab. Every time you connect to this API connector, the system remembers you so you don’t have to authenticate over and over.

- **[Create a Data Source Authentication in Marketing Cloud Intelligence](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.dato_data_source_auth_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Create a data source authentication manually via the Connect & Mix tab so you can easily connect to different API connectors. During this process you can decide who has access to this authentication and who can create data streams with it.