Supported Active Directory integration features

This is where you'll find information about supported Active Directory (AD) integration features and functionality.

Data import and user authentication

This table lists the supported data import and user authentication features that are available with AD integrations.

Feature	Description
Delegated Authentication	Ability to authenticate user credentials through AD for access into Okta. See Delegated authentication.
Just-In-Time (JIT) Authentication	Ability to authenticate user credentials through AD for access into Okta and update group memberships and profile info before access. See Add and update users with Active Directory Just-In-Time provisioning.
Instance-level Delegated Authentication	Ability to delegate authentication on a per AD-instance level to support more granular authentication scenarios. See Delegated authentication and Configure Active Directory provisioning settings.
Import from Directory	Ability to import user and group details from the directory into Okta. AD supports both full import (full data import) and incremental import (only import changes since last import). See Configure Active Directory import and account settings.
Import filter - OU/container selection	Ability to filter users and groups by specifying an LDAP filter and selecting OUs. See Configure Active Directory import and account settings.
Provision to Directory	Ability to provision user and group details down to AD. AD supports pushing users, password, and groups down to AD from Okta. See Configure Active Directory provisioning settings.

This table lists the supported password policies that are available with AD integrations.

Feature	Description
Minimum Length	See Sign-on policies.
Complexity Requirements	See Sign-on policies.
Common Password Check	See Sign-on policies.
Enforce password history for last < X > passwords	See Sign-on policies.
Password expires after < X > days	See Sign-on policies.
Prompt user < X > days before password expires	See Sign-on policies.
Lock out user after < X > unsuccessful attempts	See Sign-on policies.
Lock out user after < X number of > minutes	See Sign-on policies.
Show lock out failures	See Sign-on policies.
Send lock out email to user	See Sign-on policies.
Password Soft Lock	Ability to lock the Okta account of AD-sourced users through password policies, without triggering a lock of the user's AD account. See How does the password policy soft-lock functionality work, and About password policies.
Self-Service Password Reset	Ability to reset AD password through Okta. See Manage self-service password reset.
Password Synchronization	Ability to sync AD and Okta password. See Synchronize passwords from Okta to Active Directory.

This table lists the supported password reset options that are available with AD integrations.

Feature	Description
Self-service recovery options: Email	Ability to reset the password through email. See About self-service registration.
Self-service recovery options: SMS	Ability to reset the password through text message. See About self-service registration.
Self-service recovery options: Voice Call	Ability to reset the password through a code sent through voice call. See Manage usersand About self-service registration.
Reset, Unlock recovery emails are valid for < X > minutes	Ability to configure how long recovery email tokens are valid. See About self-service registration.
Additional self-service recovery option: Secret questions	Ability to reset the password through security questions. See About self-service registration.

This table lists the supported infrastructure features that are available with AD integrations.

Feature	Description
Multiple agent polling threads	Ability to increase polling threads on the agent. Increases how many requests the agent can handle per second per thread. See Change the number of Okta Active Directory agent threads.