Which of the following terms is used for online service providers operating within a federation?

The correct answer is A. Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). In a federated identity system, the relying party (RP) is a service provider that relies on an identity provider (IdP) to authenticate and provide identity information for users. This allows users to access multiple services using a single sign-on (SSO) across different providers

Submitted by the_admin· Mar 5, 2026Identity and Access Management (IAM)

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Which of the following terms is used for online service providers operating within a federation?

Options

AActive Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
BRelying party (RP)
CSingle sign-on (SSO)
DIdentity and access management (IAM)

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A
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B
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D
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Explanation

In a federated identity system, the relying party (RP) is a service provider that relies on an identity provider (IdP) to authenticate and provide identity information for users. This allows users to access multiple services using a single sign-on (SSO) across different providers while maintaining their identity and access management (IAM) across these services.

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