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title: PingAM Integration Kit
description: The PingAM Integration Kit allows PingFederate to communicate with PingAM and provide a rich sign-on orchestration experience.
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page_id: pingam::pf_pingam_ik
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/integrations/pingam/pf_pingam_ik.html
revdate: October 23, 2025
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  components: Components
  intended-audience: Intended audience
  system-requirements: System requirements
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# PingAM Integration Kit

The PingAM Integration Kit allows PingFederate to communicate with PingAM and provide a rich sign-on orchestration experience.

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|   | The ForgeRock Intelligent Access Integration Kit and the PingAM Integration Kit use different adapters, so it isn't possible to upgrade from one to the other. Going forward, enhancements will only be added to the PingAM Integration Kit. |

PingAM can deploy at scale and across any platform. It's a software as a service (SaaS) application with self-managed options for:

* Public cloud deployment

* Private cloud deployment

* On-premises virtual machine deployment

* Bare metal server deployment

PingFederate outsources user sign-on experience to PingAM.

## Components

* PingAM IdP Adapter

  * When a user signs on through PingFederate, the adapter validates whether there's a valid session cookie and whether it needs to create a new session with PingAM.

## Intended audience

This document is intended for PingFederate administrators. If you need help during the setup process, learn more in the following resources:

* [Step 3. Deploy AM](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingam/latest/evaluation/step-3-deploy-am.html) in the PingAM documentation.

## System requirements

* PingFederate 11.3 or later.

* PingAM Integration Kit 1.2 or later (requires PingAM 8.0 or later).

* You must deploy PingFederate and PingAM on the same cookie domain because the current implementation relies on the presence and validation of a PingAM 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>)* cookie.