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# Use JWT-based Access Tokens with SOAP API

SOAP API now supports JWT-based access tokens from Salesforce OAuth flows. This feature provides parity with REST API authentication mechanisms and enables secure token sharing with external services.

**Where:** This change applies to Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic in all editions.

**How:** Configure your connected app or external client app to issue JWT-based access tokens instead of opaque access tokens. Include the JWT-based access token in the `sessionId` element of the SOAP API request header.

#### See Also

- [_SOAP API Developer Guide_: Security and the API](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api.meta/api/sforce_api_concepts_security.htm)