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title: Standards and Protocols Use Cases
description: Changing the federation protocol in Office 365 from WS-Federation to SAML2P
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# Standards and Protocols Use Cases

| Use case                                                                                                                          | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Changing the federation protocol in Office 365 from WS-Federation to SAML2P](htg_change_from_ws_fed_to_saml2p_office365.html)    | Office 365 can use either SAML2P or WS-Federation to authenticate passive profiles or web-based clients. This task details changing the federation protocol configuration of your Office 365 domain from WS-Federation to SAML2P. |
| [Configuring browsers for Kerberos and NTLM](htg_config_browsers_for_kerberos_and_ntlm.html)                                      | The PingFederate Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) adapter uses the Simple and Protected GSS-API Negotiation Mechanism (SPNEGO) for Kerberos and NTLM authentication.                                                       |
| [Integrated Windows Authentication Group Policy browser settings](htg_integrated_windows_authn_group_policy_browser_setting.html) | Apply browser settings using Group Policy.                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| [Providing a persistent SAML NameID format in PingFederate](htg_provide_persistent_saml_nameid_format_in_pf.html)                 | Use a custom SAML NameID format by defining a hidden attribute in the PingFederate attribute contract.                                                                                                                            |
| [Using OpenSSL s\_client commands to test SSL connectivity](htg_use_openssl_to_test_ssl_connectivity.html)                        | Test SSL connectivity with `s_client` commands to check whether the certificate is valid, trusted, and complete.                                                                                                                  |