Active Directory

If you use Windows Server, you’re familiar with Active Directory (AD). From authentication and authorization to certificate services, it underscores a broad swath of the business IT world—indeed, 95 percent of Fortune 1000 companies utilize it. Here you’ll find information on Active Directory and how Okta’s tools integrate with its services.

Automate Active Directory cleanup with Okta Workflows and Open AI

From the beginning, Okta's vision has been to enable anyone to safely use any technology. With the rise of technology like AI, that vision now includes leveraging your choice of AI model on your data using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and semantic search. Many organizations use Active Directory (AD) as their Identity directory. For decades…

Agent security: 3 tips to step up your Active Directory agent game

A company’s directory serves as the foundation for its Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies. Organizations worldwide turn to Microsoft Active Directory (AD) for a centralized approach to IAM in distributed networks, but its reliance on manual processes can hinder businesses. Many companies that already have AD in place need to make sure…

Why 3 Companies Moved Away from Active Directory

With ever-growing networks of employees, contractors, and partners working remotely across devices, organizations are trading Microsoft Active Directory (AD) for Okta Universal Directory (UD). Why? Because UD can easily keep up with companies’ evolving directory and access management needs. Impossible? Read this infographic to see how AD was…

Byte-Sized Video: Okta Makes Modern SSO Compatible With a Hybrid Domain Joined State

With so many people working remotely today, IT admins are often dealing with remote computers joined to their local Active Directory (AD) that also need to be connected to Azure AD to make use of newer, cloud-based features. This is what we call a hybrid domain joined state. Today, you can take advantage of the latest cloud features from a…

Cloud-First Agility to Securely Remote Enable Your Workforce

In my previous blog, I introduced the concept of why hybrid, cloud-first, identity solutions are fundamentally different from those with an on-premises-first focus, providing you with a huge competitive advantage. Over the next few blog posts, I’ll be digging deeper into these differences, and detailing the advantages you’ll get by adopting Okta’s…

Oktane20 Live: Identity Stories, Straight From Our Customers

Nothing is more important than the health and safety of the Okta community, so Oktane20 is going virtual this year—available to anyone, free of charge. We couldn’t be more excited to share our great lineup of speakers, trainings, and networking opportunities. Check out the full, updated agenda on oktane20.com. This year, former Secretary of State…

How Thoughtworks Gained Better Security and Increased Productivity—by Losing Their Dependence on AD

Thoughtworks began its journey away from Active Directory (AD) less than three years ago, though Philip Ibarrola, Thoughtworks TechOps Head of Technology, says it was a long time coming. Thoughtworks was once a Microsoft-only shop: Microsoft servers, Windows-based laptops, and security and authentications, all managed by AD. But since 2011, the…

Rethinking AD: The Four Stages of Separation, Part 2

In part one of The Four Stages of Separation from Active Directory (AD), we covered stages 1 - 3: 1. Where are you today? 2. Make sure you’re safe, and 3. Get everyone together. In part 2, we’ll cover Stages 4.1 and 4.2, and we’ll describe a few customers who started this journey and detail where they are today. Still wondering why you should…

Rethinking AD: The Four Stages of Separation, Part 1

In the first blog of this series, we explained why it’s time to break-up with Active Directory (AD). In the second, we listed the top five things you can look forward to after making the change. So now we’re breaking down the four stages of separation you’re going to experience as you reduce your dependency on, and potentially leave, Active…

Top 5 Things You Can Look Forward to When You Rethink Active Directory

In our first blog, we asked you to consider finally breaking up with Active Directory (AD), and to ponder why you’ve tolerated its limitations and shortcomings for so long. Ask yourself: what other technology in your IT stack was designed 20 years ago? In this post, we’ll break down all the benefits of moving off of AD, and why it’s worth it to…

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