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# How to migrate to OAuth 2.0 using Docusign Java SDK | Developer Education

Before Docusign began using OAuth 2.0 to issue access tokens, our legacy authentication required sending your account password in plain text as a header. If you already have integrations that use the outdated means for API authentication, you should start migrating them to use the OAuth v2.0 standard. In this video, we will show you how easy it is to migrate your integration to OAuth 2.0 authentication using the JWT grant method from our Java SDK.

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