Monday, November 26, 2018

Secure LDAP now generally available to simplify the management of traditional applications

We’re making secure LDAP generally available. See our post on the Google Cloud Blog for the full announcement, or read a summary of what this means for G Suite organizations below.

Secure LDAP lets you manage access to traditional LDAP-based apps and IT infrastructure using the G Suite identity and access management (IAM) platform. This means organizations can use a single user directory to manage access to both SaaS apps and traditional LDAP-based apps and IT infrastructure, and users can use the same login credentials for more apps and services. The benefits to your organization can include:


  • Simpler administration: Manage applications and users in one place, decreasing complexity and cost for IT teams. 
  • Improved security: A single place to set up identity and access policies. 
  • Minimized legacy infrastructure: Reduce your dependency on legacy identity infrastructure such as Microsoft Active Directory. 


Using secure LDAP doesn’t change end user workflows—applications and IT infrastructure that use LDAP can be simply reconfigured to use the secure LDAP service.

Works with a wide range of apps and IT infrastructure 

Virtually any app that supports LDAP over SSL can work with secure LDAP, whether it’s hosted on-premises or in the cloud. We’re actively working with many companies to validate their apps for this use case, including Aruba Networks (HPE), Atlassian, itopia, JAMF, Jenkins (Cloudbees), OpenVPN, Papercut, pfSense (Netgate), Puppet, Softerra, Sophos, Splunk, and Synology.

For more information, see our Cloud Blog post on the announcement. You can also check out our Help Center for more details on how to get started with the secure LDAP service.

Launch Details 
Release track:
Launching to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release

Editions: 
Available to G Suite Enterprise, G Suite Enterprise for Education, G Suite for Education, and Cloud Identity Premium editions only

Rollout pace: 
Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility)

Impact: 
Admins only

Action: 
Admin action suggested/FYI

More Information
Help Center: About the Secure LDAP service
Google Cloud Blog: Cloud Identity now provides access to traditional apps with secure LDAP


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