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title: "PingFederate: Manage authentication policies"
description: A list of the PingFederate authentication policies that you can manage yourself, with links to instructions on completing a variety of tasks.
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revdate: December 27, 2022
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# PingFederate: Manage authentication policies

Authentication policies are processes used to verify that those attempting to access services and applications are who they claim to be. Administrators can configure these policies in an infinite number of ways, using a wide variety of authentication sources, to meet your needs.

Learn more in the following:

* [Authentication policies](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/latest/administrators_reference_guide/pf_authentication_policies.html)

* [Defining authentication policies](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/latest/administrators_reference_guide/pf_defining_auth_policies.html)

* [Adapter mappings](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/latest/administrators_reference_guide/pf_adapt_mappings.html)

* [Register Azure AD devices automatically through PingFederate for Windows 10 devices](https://docs.pingidentity.com/solution-guides/single_sign-on_use_cases/htg_reg_azure_ad_devices_pf_windows10.html)

* [Integrating MFA with SSO (PingID with PingFederate)](https://docs.pingidentity.com/solution-guides/multi-factor_authentication_use_cases/htg_integrate_mfa_with_sso_pid_with_pf.html)

* [Configuring medium-grained application access control through Azure AD, PingFederate, and PingAccess](https://docs.pingidentity.com/solution-guides/data_and_application_security_use_cases/htg_config_med_grained_app.html)

* [Connecting PingFederate to PingAccess](https://docs.pingidentity.com/solution-guides/data_and_application_security_use_cases/htg_connect_pf_pa_oidc.html)

* [Protecting PingAccess resources through external IdPs with PingFederate acting as an SP (leveraging FedHub)](https://docs.pingidentity.com//solution-guides/data_and_application_security_use_cases/htg_protect_pa_resources_pf.html)