CONTAP-389471: RFE: Support for Microsoft Entra-ID (Azure Active Directory) as an External Authentication Source in ONTAP
Issue
- To configure ONTAP to use Microsoft Entra-ID (formerly known as Azure Active Directory) as an external authentication source, upgrade to ONTAP 9.17.1.
- For earlier versions, ONTAP does not support direct authentication with Microsoft Entra-ID, which poses a challenge as Microsoft plans to deprecate further development of on-premise Active Directory (AD).
- Align with Microsoft's direction to avoid potential future issues with on-premise AD.
- For ONTAP 9.14.1P6 through 9.1 6.1Px, the following workaround is provided on a best-effort, as-is basis: How to use domain group in ONTAP System Manager SAML Authentication with Entra ID as IDP