Tips to Better Leverage Your Active Directory

Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is the cornerstone of most enterprise’s internal networks. It is a critical component of many organizations’ user and identity access management. Here are some strategies to ensure you’re getting the most out of your Active Directory.

Connect your Active Directory to the cloud

It’s hard to imagine a time where an organization’s network components were not stored in a single location. But as businesses increasingly harness the power of cloud services, their external access requirements have proliferated. While cloud-based services like SaaS apps have improved productivity in many ways, these services have also created security and efficiency issues for IT departments and network administrators as they try to keep track of everything.

Okta’s Active Directory integration harmonizes identity and access management, much like AD did itself in the early 2000s. It also facilitates reporting across all of your web-based applications, whether they are in the cloud or