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title: Federated Pairs
slug: access/guide/federated-pairs
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createdAt: 2026-09-07T09:10:59.928Z
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Ivanti Access acts as a proxy between the service provider (SP) and identity provider (IdP). In a federated pair set up, Ivanti Access appears as a service provider (SP) to your identity provider (IdP) and as an IdP to your SP. A federated pair is the original IdP and SP pair for which Access is used as the proxy.

This following describes the steps required to set up a three-way trust between the SP, IdP, and Access and contains the following: