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title: Specifying the user repository
description: PingFederate supports Active Directory (AD) user stores and custom identity store provisioners for inbound provisioning.
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revdate: June 3, 2024
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  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
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# Specifying the user repository

PingFederate supports Active Directory (AD) user stores and custom identity store provisioners for inbound provisioning.

## About this task

Manage the datastore serving as the local repository on the **Repository** tab.

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|   | Active Directory user stores require an LDAPS or StartTLS connection to the datastore. |

## Steps

* Choose one of the following options, and then specify the datastore from the list.

  ### Choose from:

  * **Active Directory Data Store**

  * **Identity Store Provisioner**

![Screen capture of the Repository tab showing the two options.](_images/qav1564003181707.jpg)

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|   | If the correct datastore is not shown in the list, then PingFederate is not configured to access the store. Click **Manage Data Stores** to set up the desired datastore.![Screen capture of the Repository tab, showing the Manage Identity Store Provisioners button.](_images/kby1564003182342.jpg) |