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InCommon makes possible trustworthy academic collaboration that reaches far beyond what a single organization can do on its own, through identity and access management technologies and services that are integrated across the globe. Learn how you can participate:

• READ THIS FIRST: Things to Consider When Joining the InCommon Federation
• Join the InCommon Federation →
• Get Started after Joining the InCommon Federation
• Onboarding Services in the InCommon Federation
• Working with User Data
• Adopt SAML 2.0 Deployment Profile

Working with InCommon Metadata

Federation Manager

Use the Federation Manager to upload and publish your metadata to the InCommon Federation:

• Manage metadata with the Federation Manager
• Sign into Federation Manager →

InCommon Metadata Service

Retrieve IdP and SP metadata in InCommon and R&E federations around the world.

• Using the InCommon Metadata Service
• Download InCommon Metadata

Meet Baseline Expectations

Get help with meeting the requirements of Baseline Expectations 2. Check out the annotated BE2 Implementation Guide; find the answers you are looking for in the BE2 FAQ.

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GET NIH Ready

Follow this NIH-readiness resource page; get the latest on NIH's initiative to standardize and streamline federated access to NIH resources and what you need to to to meet its requirements.

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Support Research &  Scholarship (R&S)

Do your part to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic: configure your identity provider to support the REFEDS Research and Scholarship category to rapidly connect your researchers and scientists with international collaborations

• What is REFEDS R&S?
• What do I need to do to support R&S?
• Research resources: apply for R&S category
• R&S Adoption Dashboard

Working with the Discovery Service

Configure the discovery service to help your users easily find their home organizations during federated single sign on.

• Learn about the InCommon Discovery Service

Best Practices and References

Help the InCommon Federation help you get the most out of being InCommon. Learn and adopt Federation best practices.

• Adopt SAML 2.0 Deployment Profile
• Declare Qualification and Support with Entity Categories
• Understand SAML Metadata and Its Use in InCommon
• Handle Federated SSO Errors with Error Handling Service  
• Federation Best Practices
• Index of Technical References
• InCommon Policies and  Practices
• Get Software: InCommon Trusted Access Platform

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