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title: Adding applications
description: Before you can promote applications to development environments for testing, you must add them to PingCentral.
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revdate: December 8, 2023
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# Adding applications

Before you can promote applications to development environments for testing, you must add them to PingCentral.

To add applications to PingCentral, you can use OAuth, OIDC, SAML, and PingCentral templates to apply security configurations to your applications. Wizards guide you through these processes.

See the following:

* [Selecting a template](pingcentral_selecting_template.html)

* [Using OAuth and OIDC templates](ywg1566251638787.html)

* [Using SAML templates](yjd1566251638886.html)

* [Using PingAccess templates](pingcentral_pa_templates.html)

Administrators can also assign applications directly to you. These applications display on your **Applications** page, where you can promote them, test them on development environments, modify them, and manage them throughout their life cycles.