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title: Overview
description: Ping Advanced Identity Software offers access management, identity management, user-managed access, directory services, an identity gateway, and more.
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# Overview

Ping Advanced Identity Software offers access management, identity management, user-managed access, directory services, an identity gateway, and more.

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|   | This is *not* a comprehensive Advanced Identity Software implementation guide. These sample setup instructions show a minimal integration of Advanced Identity Software components to get you started.Ping Advanced Identity Software offers maximum extensibility and flexibility in self-managed deployments. It includes many features and options the sample setup instructions don't cover. If you don't need maximum extensibility and flexibility, there are simpler alternatives:- To consume Ping Advanced Identity Software as a service, use PingOne or Advanced Identity Cloud instead.

- To deploy Ping Advanced Identity Software in Kubernetes, start with the [ForgeOps](https://docs.pingidentity.com/forgeops) reference implementation.For help with your deployment and to validate your plans before deploying in production, contact [Ping Identity](https://www.pingidentity.com). |

## Advanced Identity Software setup checklist

These topics show you how to set up Advanced Identity Software components in a self-managed deployment without using PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud or ForgeOps.

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Choose your sample](overview.html)

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Prepare the servers](server-settings.html)

* Separate identity stores

  * [icon: square-o, set=fa][Set up PingDS](deployment1.html)

  * [icon: square-o, set=fa][Set up PingAM](am-setup-1.html)

  * [icon: square-o, set=fa][Set up PingIDM](idm-setup-1.html)

* Shared identity store

  * [icon: square-o, set=fa][Set up PingDS](deployment2.html)

  * [icon: square-o, set=fa][Set up PingAM](am-setup-2.html)

  * [icon: square-o, set=fa][Set up PingIDM](idm-setup-2.html)

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Protect the deployment](protect-deployment.html)

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Set up the Platform UIs](platform-ui.html)

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Test your deployment](test-deployment.html)