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Working with the Identity Provider
An Identity Provider (IdP) is responsible for issuing identification information and authenticating users by using security tokens like SAML 2.0. This is a favourable alternative to explicitly authenticating a user within a security realm.
The WSO2 Identity Server allows you to add identity providers and specify various details which help you to link the identity provider to the Identity Server. This section contains the following topics.