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title: Creating a provisioning connection
description: To allow PingFederate to manage users in PingID, create a service provider (SP) connection.
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revdate: June 18, 2024
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# Creating a provisioning connection

To allow PingFederate to manage users in PingID, create a service provider (SP) connection.

## Steps

1. In the PingFederate administrator console, create a new SP connection:

   ### Choose from:

   * For PingFederate 10.1 or later: go to **Applications > Integration > SP Connections**. Click **Create Connection**.

   * For PingFederate 10.0 or earlier: go to **Identity Provider > SP Connections**. Click **Create Connection**.

2. Configure the basic connection details with the PingID Provisioner quick connection template.

   1. On the **Connection Template** tab, select **Use a template for this connection**.

   2. In the **Connection Template** list, select **PingID Provisioner**. Click **Next**.

   3. On the **Connection Type** tab select only **Outbound Provisioning**. Click **Next**.

   4. On the **General Info** tab, in the **Partner's Entity ID** and **Connection Name** fields, enter a name of your choosing. Click **Next**.

3. On the **Outbound Provisioning** tab, configure provisioning with the following details.

   For help, see [Configuring outbound provisioning](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/latest/administrators_reference_guide/help_spconnectionconfigtasklet_saasprovisioningstate.html) in the PingFederate documentation.

   1. Click **Configure Provisioning**.

   2. On the **Target** tab, configure the provisioning connector by referring to [PingID Connector settings reference](pf_pid_connector_pid_connector_settings_reference.html). Click **Next**.

   3. On the **Manage Channels** tab, create a channel as shown in [Managing channels](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/latest/administrators_reference_guide/help_saasmanagementtasklet_saasmanagementstate.html) in the PingFederate documentation. Complete the attribute mappings by referring to [Supported attributes reference](pf_pid_connector_supported_attributes_reference.html).

4. On the **Activation and Summary** tab, above the **Summary** section, click the toggle to turn on the connection. Click **Save**.