# Active Directory User Source with ADFS and not LDAP

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/active-directory-user-source-with-adfs-and-not-ldap/43169>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 9, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/active-directory-user-source-with-adfs-and-not-ldap/43169 "2021-02-09T12:29:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrea.parola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@andrea.parola](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.parola)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/active-directory-user-source-with-adfs-and-not-ldap/43169/1 "2021-02-09T12:29:44Z")

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Hello,

I have a customer that would like to have a user source from Active Directory. They dismissed LDAP and they have AD or ADFS, but I just found in the following link that only LDAP or SASL.  
[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/Active+Directory+Authentication](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/Active+Directory+Authentication)

Do you if it is possible, and in case how to implement this request?

Many thanks  
Andrea

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/active-directory-user-source-with-adfs-and-not-ldap/43169/2 "2021-02-09T16:15:42Z")

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If you move to 8.1, you can use an Identity Provider throughout your gateway, including for Vision clients:  
[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Configuring+Identity+Providers](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Configuring+Identity+Providers), which will likely allow you to use your ADFS provider.