Connecting to your company directories

You can connect

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to your company directory so that it can access the list of users in your organization. You can connect

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to multiple directories and the directories can be a combination of both

Microsoft Active Directory

and LDAP.

When your company directory is connected, you can take advantage of the following features:

You can create user accounts in

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using user data from the directory, and

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can authenticate administrators for the management console and users for

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You can link company directory groups with

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groups to organize users in

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the same way that they are organized in your company directory. See Enable directory-linked groups.

You can enable onboarding for specific groups in your company directory to create

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users automatically. If you enable onboarding, you can also configure offboarding to delete device data or user accounts when users are removed from groups in your company directory. See Enabling onboarding.

If you do not connect

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to a company directory, you can manually create local user accounts and authenticate administrators using default authentication.

To connect

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to a company directory, perform the following actions:

Step	Action
	Create a connection to a Microsoft Active Directory instance or to an LDAP directory. If your environment includes a resource forest, see Configuring Microsoft Active Directory authentication in an environment that includes Exchange linked mailboxes.
	Optionally, enable directory-linked groups.
	Optionally, enable onboarding.
	Optionally, add a synchronization schedule.

Configuring Microsoft Active Directory authentication in an environment that includes Exchange linked mailboxes

Connect to a Microsoft Active Directory instance

Connect to an LDAP directory

Enable directory-linked groups

Enabling onboarding

Synchronize a company directory connection

Removing a connection to a company directory