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0D51Y00008MveFxSAJOkta Classic EngineUniversal DirectoryAnswered2026-04-01T09:00:20.000Z2020-04-28T13:25:32.000Z2020-04-28T15:33:39.000Z

axu64 (axu64) asked a question.

managerDn mapping form okta to AD

Hello,​

I want to do the provisioning from okta to AD. when I map the manager attribute of okta to the managerDn attribute of AD, I don't see the value in AD, the value of the attribute remains empty.

any idea how to visualize the value of this attribute in AD?

 

 


  • k5fuw (k5fuw)

    The manager attribute in AD is a string that contains the distinguishedname of another, existing AD account. An example of a distinguishedname in AD is this:

     

    • CN=Debbie McDeer,OU=User Accounts,OU=Australia Associates,OU=All Users,DC=mydomain,DC=com

     

    Note that this string describes the full path to the manager's AD account, starting with the domain components on the right and going down through the entire OU hierarchy. If the string that you provide in your mapping does not resolve to an existing account, Active Directory will not accept it, and the attribute will remain empty.

     

    If you're creating accounts in Okta and then provisioning into AD, I know of no easy way to pre-populate the manager field. If you're provisioning all accounts into the same OU, maybe you could simply paste in the majority of the distinguishedname string and then just modify the manager's name (CN=).

     

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managerDn mapping form okta to AD