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title: PingID Service Management
description: PingID runs as a service on the PingOne platform, whether it is used for PingOne or PingFederate single sign-on (SSO).
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revdate: June 10, 2024
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  how-it-works: How It Works
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# PingID Service Management

PingID runs as a service on the PingOne platform, whether it is used for PingOne or PingFederate single sign-on (SSO) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
\<p>The process of authenticating an identity (signing on) at one website (usually with a user ID and password) and then accessing resources secured by other domains without reauthenticating.\</p>
\</div>)*.

If you have a PingOne SSO account, PingID is ready to use. To use the PingID service solely for PingFederate federated SSO, SSO through your VPN, or custom client integrations, you must register for the PingID Enterprise service with PingOne. You configure and manage the PingID service using the PingOne admin portal.

Use the PingID service management features to:

* Manage user access to the PingID service, such as disabling, temporarily bypassing, or removing users.

* Unpair a lost or damaged mobile device from the PingID service.

* Monitor user activity.

* Manage PingID service availability.

* Enable client integration.

The client integration settings are necessary only when:

* Your organization is using PingID for PingFederate SSO, or PingFederate is your PingOne identity bridge.

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  |   | In either of these cases, download a PingID settings file for use by your PingFederate administrator. |

* You will be creating your own custom integration using the PingID API.

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  |   | In this case, activate PingID authentication for third-party clients and applications. |

The settings file for download supports both types of integrations.

## How It Works

![A flow chart showing the relationship between the user, PingOne, PingID, the user browser, and the enterprise.](_images/eoi1564020844077.png)

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|   | For basic SSO applications, an identity bridge isn't used and user credentials are sent to the PingOne directory. For more information, see [Basic SSO (password vaulting)](http://docs.pingidentity.com/pingoneforenterprise/pingone_for_enterprise/p14e_basic_sso.html) and [Federated SSO with PingOne](http://docs.pingidentity.com/pingoneforenterprise/pingone_for_enterprise/p14e_federated_sso.html). |