What are directories?
Each organization contains two types of directories:
a local directory
an identity provider directory
We create a default authentication policy in each type of directory. An authentication policy contains the security settings you can apply to subsets of users within a directory.
A local directory contains users you’re not managing in your identity provider. You invite these users or they sign up themselves.
An identity provider directory contains users you sync or authenticate through your identity provider. You can add and move users between authentication policies in different directories.
Learn more about editing authentication policies
You’re only able to enforce single sign-on in authentication policies of an identity provider directory.
How the local directory works for Atlassian Government Cloud When you add members to the default authentication policy with the local directory, you are adding users to the local directory. Because this authentication policy doesn’t allow you to enforce single sign-on, avoid adding members to this policy and users to this directory. |
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