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title: "External Authentication Providers"
description: "You can use the cmdlets from this section to perform the following operations with external authentication providers:"
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# External Authentication Providers

You can use the cmdlets from this section to perform the following operations with external authentication providers:

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      <p>Cmdlet</p>
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      <p>Operation</p>
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      <p><a href="add-vbofederatedauthenticationauthority.md" class="T_Filenames">Add-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Adds an external authentication provider.</p>
    </td>
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    <td style="width:15%;">
      <p><a href="get-vbofederatedauthenticationauthority.md" class="T_Filenames">Get-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority</a></p>
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    <td>
      <p>Returns external authentication providers.</p>
    </td>
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    <td style="width:15%;">
      <p><a href="remove-vbofederatedauthenticationauthority.md" class="T_Filenames">Remove-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority</a></p>
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    <td>
      <p>Removes external authentication providers.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
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