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title: Managing affiliation membership
description: Manage the list of service provider (SP) connections that are part of this affiliation. Configure each of the SP connections in an affiliation to generate opaque pseudonyms using the same adapter attributes.
component: pingfederate
version: 13.1
page_id: pingfederate:administrators_reference_guide:help_manageaffiliationstasklet_createaffiliationstate
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/13.1/administrators_reference_guide/help_manageaffiliationstasklet_createaffiliationstate.html
llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/llms.txt
docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md
revdate: July 5, 2022
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
  result: Result:
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# Managing affiliation membership

Manage the list of service provider (SP) connections that are part of this affiliation. Configure each of the SP connections in an affiliation to generate opaque pseudonyms using the same adapter attributes.

## About this task

On the **Affiliation Membership** tab, create and manage a list of SP connections to be included in the affiliation.

If you imported a metadata file, this information is already supplied. However, you can add or remove connections from the affiliation.

## Steps

* Go to **System > Protocol Metadata > SP Affiliations** to open the **SP Affiliations** window. Click **Create Affiliation**.

  ### Result:

  This is will open a new **Create an Affiliation** configuration window.

* Click on the **Affliation Membership** tab.

* To add an SP partner connection to the affiliation, from the **SP Connection Name** list, select the connection. Click **Add**.

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  |   | Each connection in the affiliation must be configured to use the same identity provider (IdP) adapter instance for generating account links. For more information, see [Managing authentication source mappings](help_assertioncreationtasklet_idpadaptermappingstate.html). |

* To remove a member of the affiliation, click **Delete** under **Action** for the connection.

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  |   | If you delete an affiliation member supplied by an imported metadata file and then save the affiliation, that connection will not appear in the drop-down list for re-adding in the future. |

* When finished, click **Next**.