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title: Adding an identity provider - Microsoft
description: Add Microsoft as an external identity provider in PingOne to allow users to sign on with Microsoft when accessing your application.
component: pingone
page_id: pingone:integrations:p1_add_idp_microsoft
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingone/integrations/p1_add_idp_microsoft.html
revdate: April 23, 2025
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# Adding an identity provider - Microsoft

Adding Microsoft as an external identity provider (IdP) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
\<p>A service that manages identity information and provides authentication services to relying clients or SPs within a federated or distributed network.\</p>
\</div>)* gives your users the option to sign on with their Microsoft accounts when accessing your application. Learn more in [OIDC authentication](p1_add_idp_microsoft_oidc.html).

To connect PingOne as the external authentication provider for multi-factor authentication (MFA) in Microsoft Entra ID, you'll need to add a Microsoft identity provider. Learn more in [Entra ID external MFA](p1_add_idp_microsoft_entra.html).