Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD) is critical in a distributed network for identity management to providing a single source of truth. However, it comes with heavy drawbacks, particularly the hidden and ever-increasing costs in time. After initial installation and configuration for AD, every application needs to be connected and maintained, users need access provisioning and deprovisioning, and time is spent recovering from errors introduced by this manual work. Many companies already have AD in place, so how can teams make sure they get the most out of their infrastructure with the time they’ve invested, and will continue to invest in the future? Okta is an enterprise grade identity management service, built exclusively in and for the cloud. It enables teams to manage access to services within on-premises networks and beyond the firewall. Among other services, we provide directory services, Single Sign-On (SSO), and reporting across web-based applications. Working.