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Cisco Secure Access Help Provision Users, Groups, and Endpoint Devices from Active Directory Edit AD Authentication Properties

Last updated: Aug 20, 2025

Edit AD Authentication Properties

Edit the Authentication property for the AD users or endpoint devices in the organization.

Once you add an Active Directory (AD) integration in Cisco Secure Access, you can edit the Authentication property for the AD users or endpoint devices in the organization.

Before you begin

Procedure

1

Navigate to Connect > Users, Groups, and Endpoint Devices, and click Configuration management.
2

Navigate to Configurations, and then navigate to Directories.
3

Expand Active Directory.
4

Click Edit (pencil icon) at the top of the Active Directory section on the page to edit the authentication properties for the directory integration.
5

Navigate to Users Authentication, and then navigate to Authentication Property.

  1. Select the property that all AD users in the AD directory integration will use to authenticate with Secure Access.

    • User Principal Name—The user principal name of the AD user.

    • Email—The email address of the AD user.

    • SAM Account Name—The SAM account name for the AD user.
6

Navigate to Endpoint Devices Authentication, and then navigate to Authentication Property.

  1. Select the property that all AD endpoint devices in the AD directory integration will use to authenticate with Secure Access or select Not Required.

    • Common Name—The common name (CN) is the unique name of the AD endpoint device within it's organizational unit (OU).

    • Distinguished Name—The name of the AD device that is unique in the organization.

    • Hostname—The hostname of the AD endpoint device.
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Click Save.
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