# Changing the identity provider type for Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser
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You can change the authentication type of your portal at any time. To do this, follow these steps.
+ To change from **IAM Identity Center** to **Standard**, follow the steps at [Configuring the standard authentication type for Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser](configure-standard.md). 
+ To change from **Standard** to **IAM Identity Center**, follow the steps at [Configuring the IAM Identity Center authentication type for Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser](configure-iam.md).

Changes to the identity provider type may take up to 15 minutes to deploy, and will not automatically terminate in-progress sessions. 

You can view identity provider type changes to your portal through AWS CloudTrail by inspecting `UpdatePortal` events. The type is visible in the request and response payloads of the event.