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q3l5r (q3l5r) asked a question.

How to map custom group names from Identity Provider to Okta's group?

Hey There,

 

We have a single app and we have different groups for the different customers. Also, we manage roles based on group membership. We are in process of implementing SSO for the customers. For that we have to allow full sync of groups so our customers can manage user roles from their AD.

 

For Example:

CompanyA is our and CompanyB and CompanyC are customers.

 

We have groups name like (CompanyB, CompanyC) where we put those users respectively.

 

Now we want to allow them to manage their own users using SSO Identity Provider ( SAML ), so we have to allow the full-sync-of groups using JIT settings. However, the group names might be different in their Active Directory.

 

For example:

We named all the user of CompanyB to "CompanyB" but they might have different group name in their Active Directory like "ExternalProductAccessGroup".

 

So how can we sync groups from CompanyB AD's group name - "External Product Access Group" -> our "CompanyB" group?


  • Hello @q3l5r (q3l5r)​ Thank you for reacting out to our Community!

     

    The best option for this would be to use Group rules, so that Users from a specific Group will be moved to a different group.

    for example users from group "External Product Access Group" will be moved to group "CompanyB"

    Please see https://help.okta.com/en-us/Content/Topics/users-groups-profiles/usgp-create-group-rules.htm

     

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  • q3l5r (q3l5r)

    Hey @paul.stiniguta1.508386743840768E12 (Okta, Inc.)​ 

     

    I have tried solutions with Group rules. However, it's not doing the full sync of users.

     

    It's moving the user from "External Product Access Group" to group "CompanyB" but it's not doing the reverse.

     

    For example: Once we add a user to "External Product Access Group" it's added and also syncs with "Company B". I'm also able to remove the user from "External Product Access Group" and it's removed from "Company B" as well. However, removing the user from the group where Group Rule is kind of ignoring that user from any future sync considering manual removal.

     

    Is there any solution for that?

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  • q3l5r (q3l5r)

    Can you please explain what you mean by "add-ing another rule the other way around" ?

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How to map custom group names from Identity Provider to Okta's group?