avshch (BCRC) asked a question.
Hello,
We have a requirement to authenticate AD service accounts (not associated with humans) used by Microsoft Services to Okta. Is there any Okta product/method to achieve this?
Thanks,
Hi @avshch (BCRC) , Thank you for reaching out to the Okta Community!
I'm not currently aware of a direct feature/product that would work for this.
However, looking into available options, OPA might be a method of securing the service accounts via an Early Access feature. (With the caveat of some known issues.)
As far as I understand the implementation, the AD service account itself does not authenticate to Okta using its AD credentials. Instead, the service account's credentials are secured by Okta, and a separate, modern, non-human identity is used for the application or script to authenticate to the Okta service to retrieve the managed AD credential.
That being said, I recommend opening a case to go over your implementation in detail with one of our colleagues from the Support team as I would not be able to provide an explicit guide on how to achieve this.
Regards.
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Hi @avshch (BCRC) , Thank you for reaching out to the Okta Community!
I'm not currently aware of a direct feature/product that would work for this.
However, looking into available options, OPA might be a method of securing the service accounts via an Early Access feature. (With the caveat of some known issues.)
As far as I understand the implementation, the AD service account itself does not authenticate to Okta using its AD credentials. Instead, the service account's credentials are secured by Okta, and a separate, modern, non-human identity is used for the application or script to authenticate to the Okta service to retrieve the managed AD credential.
That being said, I recommend opening a case to go over your implementation in detail with one of our colleagues from the Support team as I would not be able to provide an explicit guide on how to achieve this.
Regards.
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