# Identity provider connectors

Your identity provider is the anchor data source for identity correlation:
Mesh reads users, groups, and sign-in signals from it and correlates them with
accounts from every other connected system.

This section covers IdPs as **data connectors** — the reference pages and
setup guides for pulling identity data into Mesh. If you are looking for how
your organization **signs in to Mesh** with an identity provider, that is a
separate configuration: see
[Identity providers (sign-in)](/docs/admin-guide/identity-providers) in the
Admin Guide.

To add an IdP connector, follow
[Connect your identity provider](/docs/getting-started/idp-setup) in Getting
Started, then use the pages here for provider-specific configuration detail.