# Changing User Federation Providers

**URL:** <https://forum.keycloak.org/t/changing-user-federation-providers/10221>\
**Category:** Miscellanaeous\
**Created:** [July 27, 2021, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.keycloak.org/t/changing-user-federation-providers/10221 "2021-07-27T09:08:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![stephen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@stephen](https://forum.keycloak.org/u/stephen)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.keycloak.org/t/changing-user-federation-providers/10221/1 "2021-07-27T09:08:12Z")

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Hi, a change was made to a new LDAP server.

What is the correct way to switch over to using a different provider (that has the same users)?  
Can the existing group assignments (that were not synced back to LDAP) be maintained?