ShoichiroK.00155 (LAC Co., Ltd) asked a question.
When integrating Okta with Active Directory (AD), does the AD-specific password policy created on Okta still apply to users imported from AD into Okta, even if AD's delegated authentication is turned off?
Hi @ShoichiroK.00155 (LAC Co., Ltd) , Thank you for reaching out to the Okta Community!
If Delegated Authentication is disabled, then any user authentication to Okta services is subject to the Okta specific Password policy configuration.
Users would retain essentially two different password, one for login into Okta services and separate one for AD related authentication.
If you are interested in users maintaining the same password for Okta and AD while not using Delegated Authentication, you can perhaps look into the "Synchronize passwords from Okta to Active Directory" feature.
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If you do use Password Sync, the Password policy in Okta would apply since it would sync the password to AD so it would have to match the AD requirements in order to be accepted by AD.
no, the AD password policy only applies to users whos password is sourced from AD. If you turn off delegated auth then it goes to the okta password policy next
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Hi @ShoichiroK.00155 (LAC Co., Ltd) , Thank you for reaching out to the Okta Community!
If Delegated Authentication is disabled, then any user authentication to Okta services is subject to the Okta specific Password policy configuration.
Users would retain essentially two different password, one for login into Okta services and separate one for AD related authentication.
If you are interested in users maintaining the same password for Okta and AD while not using Delegated Authentication, you can perhaps look into the "Synchronize passwords from Okta to Active Directory" feature.
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