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title: Connecting to an identity repository
description: An identity repository stores identity data for your PingOne for Enterprise users.
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revdate: April 10, 2024
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  about-this-task: About this task
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# Connecting to an identity repository

An identity repository stores identity data for your PingOne for Enterprise users.

## About this task

To learn more, see [PingOne for Enterprise identity repositories](p14e_idps.html).

You can connect to an identity repository by either:

* Configuring an identity bridge to your 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>)*.

* Using PingOne for Enterprise Directory as your identity repository.

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|   | You can always view the configuration of your identity repository, but if you've established a connection, we recommend that you do not change to a different identity repository. Doing so can invalidate your PingOne for Enterprise dock, applications' attribute mappings, user group assignments, signing certificates, and authentication policy. |

If you've not yet established a working connection to an identity repository, you can safely change it.

## Steps

1. In the PingOne for Enterprise admin portal, go to **Setup > Identity Repository** and click **Connect to an Identity Repository**.

2. Do one of the following:

   ### Choose from:

   * Select **PingOne for Enterprise Directory**.

   * Select the identity bridge that's right for your organization. For configuration instructions, choose the link for your identity bridge:

     * [Connect to Active Directory](p14e_connect_adc.html)

     * [Connect to PingFederate](p14e_connect_pf.html)

     * [Connect to Azure](p14e_connect_azure.html)

     * [Connect to Google](p14e_connect_google.html)

     * [Connect to OpenID Connect](p14e_connect_oidc.html)

     * [Connecting to a custom SAML provider](p14e_connect_custom_saml_provider.html)