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stoltzfusm · 06-23-2021 11:10 AM

We are gradually moving as many of our locally hosted services as possible to the cloud. I've already migrated file and print services to cloud-based solutions, and all of our databases and ERP solutions are cloud based at this point. The main thing that's left is Active Directory. We're a single-campus K-12 private school with a fairly simple AD schema, and we're also a Google Workspace for Education school. I would love to be able to completely eliminate AD and use Google credentials to authenticate and manage our computer accounts (we have a combination of Windows computers and Chromebooks - no Macs). Does anyone have any experience with JumpCloud, or another solution that would accomplish this goal?

jhaff

+1 for GCPW, basic authentication works on the k-12 fundamental (free) version of google workspace for edu. if you have a paid version of google workspace, you get more functionality like settings control, enhanced security, etc.

you can most likely utilize google secure ldap for auth into other services you are using. you can see their article here, it lists a number of authentication integrations using secure LDAP.

i'm in the same boat, doing everything i can to eliminate AD and our legacy on-prem environment. we looked into jumpcloud and azure, but we already have a MDM for our mac fleet, JAMF, and didn't really want to buy into another IdP since google is so close to having most of what we need.

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