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Your organization has user identities in Active Directory. Your organization wants to use Active Directory as their source of truth for identities. Your organization wants to have full control over th

The correct answer is A. Use Google Cloud Directory Sync (GCDS) to synchronize users into Cloud Identity.. Google Cloud Directory Sync enables administrators to synchronize users, groups and other data from an Active Directory/LDAP service to their Google Cloud domain directory https://tools.google.com/dlpage/dirsync/

Submitted by naveen.iyer· Mar 30, 2026Setting up a cloud solution environment

Question

Your organization has user identities in Active Directory. Your organization wants to use Active Directory as their source of truth for identities. Your organization wants to have full control over the Google accounts used by employees for all Google services, including your Google Cloud Platform (GCP) organization. What should you do?

Options

  • AUse Google Cloud Directory Sync (GCDS) to synchronize users into Cloud Identity.
  • BUse the cloud Identity APIs and write a script to synchronize users to Cloud Identity.
  • CExport users from Active Directory as a CSV and import them to Cloud Identity via the Admin
  • DAsk each employee to create a Google account using self signup. Require that each employee

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    87% (41)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    6% (3)

Explanation

Google Cloud Directory Sync enables administrators to synchronize users, groups and other data from an Active Directory/LDAP service to their Google Cloud domain directory https://tools.google.com/dlpage/dirsync/

Topics

#Active Directory#Cloud Identity#GCDS#identity sync

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