Atlassian Certified in Managing Jira Projects for Cloud (ACP-100) — Question 26

You have been asked to take on the administration of a second Jira installation in your company.
You were given the following information about user accounts:
✑ The company standard is to use Active Directory (AD) to provide user accounts.
✑ There are several Active Directory systems in use by different business units.
✑ The second Jira is not to be merged with your main Jira.
✑ The main Jira system is connected to Active Directory for user accounts.
✑ The second Jira is using internal user accounts, not Active Directory.
✑ People using the second Jira are using the same login ID as they would use in Active Directory.
✑ Your company would like to use Single Sign-on (SSO) but has not yet implemented it for either Jira system.
Which authentication method should you recommend?

Answer options

• A. Change the new Jira to use your main Jira's directory services, as that is already reading your Active Directory services.
• B. Set up a Crowd server to get the user lists from all internal directories and AD, and use AD directly for the password checking.
• C. Set up a Crowd server to pull in all the AD services, and plan to migrate internal users.
• D. Change the new Jira to link directly to the required AD servers.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because setting up a Crowd server allows for centralized management of user accounts from both internal directories and Active Directory while ensuring password verification is done through AD. Option A is incorrect as it suggests merging user directories, which is not the case. Option C proposes migrating internal users, which may not be necessary. Option D suggests direct linking to AD servers, but it doesn't leverage the benefits of using a Crowd server for user management.