Synchronizing Users versus Federating Users in GCP

From your Corporate AD, you have two options to bring your users into GCP

Federation = Use Cloud Identity to accomplish this

Synchronization = Use GCP Cloud Directory Sync Service

Directory Sync Software into Cloud Identity

  • Users and Groups from the directory service can be synced to Cloud Identity
  • Cloud Identity can serve as a Mirror of Active Directory after the sync.
  • It is a ONE WAY Sync

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