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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: Understanding Federation in Research and Education
• Join the InCommon Federation →
• Putting things into Gear - Get Going with InCommon Federation
• Working with User Data
• Meet Baseline Expectations
• Adopt SAML 2.0 Deployment Profile

Federation News 

January 8, 2025: Federation Manager migrates to federated access

Sept 26, 2024: The legacy metadata aggregate is retiring.

Migrate to the MDQ-based InCommon Metadata service by January 2025.

July 10, 2024: Enabling Federated Access to Federation Manager Portal

Federated access for Site Administrators to Federation Manager is now available.

April 8, 2024: InCommon 2024: What's on the Horizon for Federation Services?

InCommon shares its 2024 Federation service enhancements roadmap. 

News Archive

Working with InCommon Wayfinder

• What is InCommon Wayfinder?
• Configure Services to use InCommon Wayfinder

Working with User Data

• Working with user data

Working with InCommon Metadata

Publish Metadata:

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

Retrieve Metadata:

• Using the InCommon Metadata Service
• Download InCommon Metadata

Meet Baseline Expectations 

• Baseline Expectations 2 Implementation Guide
• Baseline Expectations 2 Frequently Asked Questions
• Beyond BE2: Operationalizing Baseline Expectations

Enable Federated Research Access

• Get NIH Ready
• Support Research & Scholarship category

Federation Practices and References

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

• Meet Baseline Expectations
• 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
• Microsoft Azure AD Documentation - University multilateral federation solutions

What's new in the library?

• how-to-configure-shib-sp-for-wayfinder

  Mar 19, 2025 • updated by Albert Wu (internet2.edu) • view change
• InCommon Federation Library

  Mar 19, 2025 • updated by Albert Wu (internet2.edu) • view change
• how-to-configure-service-to-use-wayfinder

  Mar 19, 2025 • updated by Albert Wu (internet2.edu) • view change

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