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SPS Roles in a SiteMinder Federated Environment

The SPS can provide solutions to federation use cases in one of two roles:

• As a standard proxy server that replaces the SiteMinder Web Agent
• As a federation gateway

The primary distinction between these two roles is the configuration and deployment effort required. The proxy server that replaces the Web Agent still requires that you set up a separate server and servlet engine to run the Federation Web Services application.

The proxy server acting as a federation gateway has the components of the Web Agent and the Federation Web Services application built-in. A dedicated server and servlet engine are not configured separately, which simplifies the federation setup.