# IAM Federation

Identity and Access Management (IAM) Federation is a mechanism that lets users from an external Identity Provider (IDP) access IONOS Cloud resources, such as the [<mark style="color:blue;">Data Center Designer</mark>](/cloud/set-up-ionos-cloud/data-center-designer.md), upon successful authentication and establishing the organization account link with the IDP. Federated IDPs such as **Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0** or **OpenID Connect (OIDC)** are supported to establish a trust authentication connection. With IAM Federation, users also get to Single Sign-On (SSO) across multiple systems without logging in whenever accessing these resources.

## Product Overview

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>IAM Federation</strong></mark></td><td>Learn about IAM Federation, its features and benefits, and how to configure it.</td><td><a href="/pages/WUE57Zo7ZXdapPyhY8Eq">/pages/WUE57Zo7ZXdapPyhY8Eq</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Quick Links

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>How-Tos</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to set user privileges, configure IAM Federation, manage account linking, and log in to the DCD using IDP.</td><td><a href="/pages/pIznWH22YOZse8lR49RD">/pages/pIznWH22YOZse8lR49RD</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>API How-Tos</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to use the API to create and manage IDPs and domains and to retrieve account links associated with IAM Federation.</td><td><a href="/pages/mCdLIoPiESihsYpHn3y1">/pages/mCdLIoPiESihsYpHn3y1</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Developer Tools

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Cloud API</strong></mark></td><td>Access the REST API documentation for IAM Federation.</td><td><a href="https://api.ionos.com/docs/identity-federation/v1/">https://api.ionos.com/docs/identity-federation/v1/</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>FAQ</strong></mark></td><td>Get answers to the most commonly encountered questions about IAM Federation.</td><td><a href="/pages/lqsoLZexLWy4ccnwI0wP">/pages/lqsoLZexLWy4ccnwI0wP</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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