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title: WS-Trust STS configuration
description: The PingFederate WS-Trust Security Token Service (STS) provides security-token validation and creation to extend single sign-on access to identity-enabled web services.
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revdate: July 5, 2022
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# WS-Trust STS configuration

The PingFederate WS-Trust Security Token Service (STS) provides security-token validation and creation to extend single sign-on access to identity-enabled web services.

The section provides instructions for configuring the WS-Trust STS. For more information, see [Web services standards](../introduction_to_pingfederate/pf_web_service_standard.html).

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|   | WS-Trust STS settings can also be configured through the PingFederate Administrative API platform. Learn more in [Accessing the API interactive documentation](../developers_reference_guide/pf_access_api_interact_documentation.html). |