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Federation Entity Configuration

This section contains the following topics:

Methods to Create an Entity

How to Create an Entity without Using Metadata

How to Create an Entity by Importing Metadata

Methods to Create an Entity

Each partner in a federation partnership is considered a federation entity. Before you establish a partnership, define a local entity that represents the local partner and a remote entity that represents the remote partner.

The two ways to configure a federation entity are: