Real-time
Two-way sync
Changes in Active Directory or Atlassian instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.
Security and identity ⇄ Business productivity
Active Directory to Atlassian integration — real-time, two-way sync
Keep Active Directory and Atlassian in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.
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Why teams connect Active Directory and Atlassian
Keep the users, groups, and profile details that Atlassian and Active Directory share consistent in real time, so who can work in Atlassian always matches who your directory in Active Directory says belongs there.
Active Directory is where a company records who its people are: their accounts, the groups and roles they hold, and the attributes attached to each one. Atlassian is where a slice of those same people do their work, as agents, members, or seats, and every one of them needs a matching account with the right access. When a directory and a productivity tool are maintained by hand, someone added, moved, or offboarded in one becomes a stale entry in the other within the hour.
Stacksync syncs Attachments, Custom Fields, Workflows and Statuses, Users and Groups in Atlassian with Organizational units, Organizational contacts, Users, Groups in Active Directory bi-directionally and in real time. A user created, renamed, moved between groups, or deactivated in either system updates the matching record in the other within seconds, with field-level mapping and conflict resolution in place of CSV uploads and nightly IT batch jobs.
That matters most at the edges of employment. When both systems agree on who has an account, which groups they belong to, and whether they are still active, granting access on day one and revoking it on the last day stops being a manual checklist that trails the directory.
Common use cases
- 01 Mirror Jira projects into a SQL database for engineering throughput and SLA reporting.
- 02 Create Jira issues from records in other systems, such as onboarding tasks generated from a closed-won CRM deal.
- 03 Two-way sync Users and Groups between Microsoft Entra ID and an HRIS or Postgres so joiners, movers, and leavers provision and deprovision automatically.
- 04 Read Users, Groups, and directoryRole assignments into a warehouse for periodic access reviews and SOC 2 audit evidence.
Common sync patterns
One record per person
People matched across both systems on email or an external ID stay linked, so every account and action in Atlassian ties back to the right identity in Active Directory.
Provision access when someone joins
A user added to Active Directory, or moved into a group inside it, gets the matching account or membership created in Atlassian, so a new hire can start working without a separate setup ticket.
Close access when someone leaves
When a user is disabled or removed in Active Directory, their account in Atlassian is deactivated in step, so offboarding shuts down access everywhere instead of leaving a live login behind.
What you can sync between Active Directory and Atlassian
Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.
| Active Directory objects | Atlassian objects | How this pairing syncs | |
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| Devices Registered and joined device objects; typically read into a database for inventory and compliance reporting. | Confluence Spaces Namespaces that scope page syncs and permissions. | Devices is specific to Active Directory and Confluence Spaces to Atlassian — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Directory roles Admin role assignments (directoryRole); read for access reviews and least-privilege governance. | Jira Issues The central work item, synced two-way with CRMs, support desks, and other trackers. | Directory roles is specific to Active Directory and Jira Issues to Atlassian — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Service principals & applications App registrations and enterprise apps; read-mostly for entitlement and license inventory. | Jira Projects Containers that scope issues, workflows, and permissions for a sync. | Service principals & applications is specific to Active Directory and Jira Projects to Atlassian — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Organizational units On-prem AD DS containers (LDAP organizationalUnit) used to scope which users and groups a sync includes. | Boards and Sprints Agile structures read to report on sprint contents and status. | Organizational units is specific to Active Directory and Boards and Sprints to Atlassian — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Organizational contacts Directory contact objects (orgContact); synced for shared address-book and CRM person records. | Issue Comments Threaded discussion synced into linked tickets in external systems. | Organizational contacts is specific to Active Directory and Issue Comments to Atlassian — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Users User accounts in Entra ID and on-prem AD DS; synced two-way to create, update attributes, and enable or disable accounts. | Attachments Files on issues mirrored to paired records where needed. | Users is specific to Active Directory and Attachments to Atlassian — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. |
How changes propagate between Active Directory and Atlassian
Each direction of the sync is driven by what the source system can signal and what the destination accepts — detection, delivery, and expected latency below.
Active Directory Atlassian Sub-second propagation
DetectionActive Directory notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Microsoft Graph delta query (change tracking) for Users and Groups, plus change-notification subscriptions (webhooks) for near-real-time triggers.
DeliveryEach detected change is written to Atlassian through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.
Atlassian Active Directory Sub-second propagation
DetectionAtlassian notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Webhooks on issue and page events, plus JQL polling on the updated timestamp for backfill.
DeliveryEach detected change is written to Active Directory through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.
Rate-limit considerations
- Active Directory: Graph throttles by resource-unit cost per app per tenant in 10-second windows (about 3,500–8,000 units by tenant size); directory delta tokens expire after ~7 days.
What ships with Active Directory ⇄ Atlassian
Connect Active Directory and Atlassian for flexible, real-time data sync.
Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every Active Directory–Atlassian connection.
No-code + pro-code
Workflow automation
Trigger automated workflows whenever Active Directory or Atlassian data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.
At scale
Event queues
Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single Active Directory or Atlassian record.
Observability
Monitoring
Track your Active Directory ⇄ Atlassian sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.
Trading partners
EDI
Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between Active Directory and Atlassian.
How the Active Directory and Atlassian connectors work
Active Directory
- Integration surface
- Microsoft Graph REST API (Entra ID / cloud) and LDAP/LDAPS (on-premises AD DS)
- Authentication
- OAuth 2.0 via the Microsoft identity platform — an app registration with application or delegated permissions (e.g. User.ReadWrite.All, Group.ReadWrite.All) and admin consent; on-prem AD DS uses a bound service account over LDAPS.
- Change detection
- Microsoft Graph delta query (change tracking) for Users and Groups, plus change-notification subscriptions (webhooks) for near-real-time triggers; on-prem AD DS uses the DirSync control and uSNChanged polling.
- Capabilities
- read · write · webhooks
- Rate limits
- Graph throttles by resource-unit cost per app per tenant in 10-second windows (about 3,500–8,000 units by tenant size); directory delta tokens expire after ~7 days.
Atlassian
- Integration surface
- REST APIs per product (Jira Cloud and Confluence Cloud)
- Authentication
- OAuth 2.0 (3LO) for apps or API tokens with basic auth for scripts
- Change detection
- Webhooks on issue and page events, plus JQL polling on the updated timestamp for backfill
- Capabilities
- read · write · webhooks
How it works
How to connect Active Directory to Atlassian — three steps, no code
Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.
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Connect your apps
Authenticate Active Directory and Atlassian with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.
Active Directory
connected
Atlassian
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OAuth 2.0SSH tunnelSSL certificateVPC peering - 02
Choose tables
Pick the Active Directory and Atlassian objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.
objects · Active Directory ⇄ AtlassianCustomers 12,480Sales Orders 8,213Invoices 5,902Items 1,344 - 03
Map fields
Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.
Active Directory AtlassianCompany company_name textEmail email textAmount amount numericCreated created_at timestamp
FAQ
Active Directory and Atlassian integration FAQ
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Yes. Stacksync provides a managed, real-time two-way integration between Active Directory and Atlassian: authenticate both systems, choose the objects to sync (such as Active Directory's Devices and Directory roles), map fields visually, and changes propagate both ways in milliseconds — no code required.
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Stacksync pricing is usage-based and starts at $1,000/month, including the managed Active Directory and Atlassian connectors, real-time two-way sync, monitoring, and support. That replaces building and maintaining a custom Active Directory–Atlassian integration in-house.
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Yes — Stacksync ships production-grade connectors for both Active Directory and Atlassian. The connectors handle authentication, schema detection, rate limits, and retries; you configure the sync, and Stacksync operates it.
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Change detection on Active Directory: Microsoft Graph delta query (change tracking) for Users and Groups, plus change-notification subscriptions (webhooks) for near-real-time triggers; on-prem AD DS uses the DirSync control and uSNChanged polling. On Atlassian: Webhooks on issue and page events, plus JQL polling on the updated timestamp for backfill. Each detected change propagates to the other side in milliseconds, with field-level conflict resolution and an inspectable event log.
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On the Atlassian side: Attachments, Custom Fields, Workflows and Statuses, Users and Groups, plus custom fields where Atlassian exposes them. On the Active Directory side: Organizational units, Organizational contacts, Users, Groups. Stacksync auto-detects both schemas and converts types between the two systems.
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Yes. Each object mapping can be bidirectional or restricted to a single direction (both systems accept writes). Read-only mirrors, one-way pushes, and full two-way sync can be mixed in the same integration.
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Alerts
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