# Introduction

For an overall understanding of the SAML authentication feature, read the [Overview](/sonarqube-server/2025.1/instance-administration/authentication/saml/overview.md) page.

To set up SAML with PingOne or PingFederate:

1. If you want to use Just-in-Time provisioning with the group synchronization feature, verify the user groups in SonarQube Server so that the automatic group synchronization can take place properly. See **Just-in-Time provisioning > Group synchronization** in [Overview of authentication and provisioning](/sonarqube-server/2025.1/instance-administration/authentication/overview.md).
2. [Setup in Ping Identity](/sonarqube-server/2025.1/instance-administration/authentication/saml/ping-identity/setup-in-ping-identity.md).
3. [Setup in SonarQube Server](/sonarqube-server/2025.1/instance-administration/authentication/saml/ping-identity/setup-in-sq.md).
4. Optionally, [Setup of security features](/sonarqube-server/2025.1/instance-administration/authentication/saml/ping-identity/optional-security-features.md).

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Starting in [Enterprise Edition](https://www.sonarsource.com/plans-and-pricing/enterprise/), in addition to the SAML setup, you can configure SCIM to automatically provision users and groups to SonarQube. For more information, see [Overview](/sonarqube-server/2025.1/instance-administration/authentication/saml/scim/overview.md).
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