what is federation provider
In the WIF/Microsoft world Identity Provider (IP or IdP) is the term for a server that authenticates a user (the server is connected to some account database, AD in the current case of ADFS).Federation server/provider is often used for a server that receives a SAML Token from another server.n the WIF/Microsoft world Identity Provider (IP or IdP) is the term for a server that authenticates a user (the server is connected to some account database, AD in the current case of ADFS).