Real-time
Two-way sync
Changes in Active Directory or Google Cloud Platform instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.
Security and identity ⇄ Data warehouse
Active Directory to Google Cloud Platform integration — real-time, two-way sync
Keep Active Directory and Google Cloud Platform 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 Google Cloud Platform
Land the users, groups, and access events from Active Directory in Google Cloud Platform continuously for security analytics, and write computed results back — without building or maintaining a pipeline.
Active Directory is the record of who exists and what they can reach; Google Cloud Platform is where the business measures everything else. The two overlap on people and their access — the same users, groups, roles, and events that Active Directory governs are what security, compliance, and analytics teams want to query in Google Cloud Platform. Getting them there usually means a brittle export that runs overnight and hands auditors a snapshot that is already out of date.
Stacksync syncs Directory roles, Service principals & applications, Organizational units, Organizational contacts from Active Directory into tables in Google Cloud Platform in real time, and the connection works in both directions: values computed in Google Cloud Platform, such as risk scores or access-review decisions, can be written back to attributes in Active Directory where the identity team acts on them. Schema changes are handled, API limits are managed, and the sync is something you configure rather than a pipeline you keep alive.
Common use cases
- 01 Publish change events to Pub/Sub so downstream services react to record updates as they happen.
- 02 Two-way sync Users and Groups between Microsoft Entra ID and an HRIS or Postgres so joiners, movers, and leavers provision and deprovision automatically.
- 03 Read Users, Groups, and directoryRole assignments into a warehouse for periodic access reviews and SOC 2 audit evidence.
Common sync patterns
Queryable history for audit and compliance
A continuously synced copy in Google Cloud Platform gives you a durable, queryable record of identity and access state for access reviews, SOC 2, and audit questions.
Risk and review results back on the account
Risk scores, anomaly flags, or access-review outcomes computed in Google Cloud Platform write back to attributes on the matching user in Active Directory, where the identity team can act on them.
Directory data in the warehouse, minus the pipeline
Users, groups, and roles from Active Directory arrive in Google Cloud Platform as queryable tables, current within seconds instead of a nightly directory export.
What you can sync between Active Directory and Google Cloud Platform
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 | Google Cloud Platform objects | How this pairing syncs | |
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| Organizational contacts Directory contact objects (orgContact); synced for shared address-book and CRM person records. | Cloud SQL databases Managed Postgres, MySQL, and SQL Server instances synced like ordinary relational databases. | Organizational contacts is specific to Active Directory and Cloud SQL databases to Google Cloud Platform — 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. | Cloud Storage objects Staging area for file-based bulk loads into BigQuery and other services. | Users is specific to Active Directory and Cloud Storage objects to Google Cloud Platform — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Groups Security and Microsoft 365 groups; synced two-way including name, type, and owner, with membership tracked separately. | Pub/Sub topics Event streams used to move change events between systems in near real time. | Groups is specific to Active Directory and Pub/Sub topics to Google Cloud Platform — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Group memberships Member and owner links between users and groups; membership add/remove changes are surfaced by delta query. | Firestore documents Document data read and written through the Firestore API for app-facing syncs. | Group memberships is specific to Active Directory and Firestore documents to Google Cloud Platform — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Devices Registered and joined device objects; typically read into a database for inventory and compliance reporting. | Spanner tables Strongly consistent relational tables accessed via SQL for transactional workloads. | Devices is specific to Active Directory and Spanner tables to Google Cloud Platform — 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. | BigQuery datasets Namespaces that group tables; syncs target tables within a dataset. | Directory roles is specific to Active Directory and BigQuery datasets to Google Cloud Platform — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. |
How changes propagate between Active Directory and Google Cloud Platform
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 Google Cloud Platform 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 applied to Google Cloud Platform as a row-level write, with types converted between the two schemas.
Google Cloud Platform Active Directory Sub-second propagation
DetectionGoogle Cloud Platform pushes changes as they happen — webhook events backed by change data capture. Varies by service: log-based CDC on Cloud SQL (logical replication or binlog, also via Datastream), Pub/Sub for event delivery, polling for BigQuery.
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.
- Google Cloud Platform: Quotas are set per service and per project; BigQuery, Pub/Sub, and Cloud SQL each enforce their own limits.
What ships with Active Directory ⇄ Google Cloud Platform
Connect Active Directory and Google Cloud Platform for flexible, real-time data sync.
Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every Active Directory–Google Cloud Platform connection.
No-code + pro-code
Workflow automation
Trigger automated workflows whenever Active Directory or Google Cloud Platform 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 Google Cloud Platform record.
Observability
Monitoring
Track your Active Directory ⇄ Google Cloud Platform 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 Google Cloud Platform.
How the Active Directory and Google Cloud Platform 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.
Google Cloud Platform
- Integration surface
- Per-service REST and gRPC APIs; BigQuery speaks SQL and Cloud SQL exposes standard database wire protocols
- Authentication
- IAM service accounts with OAuth 2.0 tokens
- Change detection
- Varies by service: log-based CDC on Cloud SQL (logical replication or binlog, also via Datastream), Pub/Sub for event delivery, polling for BigQuery tables
- Capabilities
- read · write · CDC · webhooks
- Rate limits
- Quotas are set per service and per project; BigQuery, Pub/Sub, and Cloud SQL each enforce their own limits
How it works
How to connect Active Directory to Google Cloud Platform — 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 Google Cloud Platform 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
Google Cloud Platform
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OAuth 2.0SSH tunnelSSL certificateVPC peering - 02
Choose tables
Pick the Active Directory and Google Cloud Platform 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 ⇄ Google Cloud PlatformCustomers 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 Google Cloud PlatformCompany company_name textEmail email textAmount amount numericCreated created_at timestamp
FAQ
Active Directory and Google Cloud Platform integration FAQ
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Yes. Stacksync provides a managed, real-time two-way integration between Active Directory and Google Cloud Platform: authenticate both systems, choose the objects to sync (such as Active Directory's Organizational contacts and Users), map fields visually, and changes propagate both ways in milliseconds — no code required.
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Google Cloud Platform: Cloud SQL Postgres and MySQL expose log-based CDC (logical replication and binlog), which Datastream and external sync tools consume for real-time replication. Active Directory: For hybrid users mastered on-premises, some attributes (e.g. userPrincipalName) cannot be changed in Entra ID because the object is sourced from AD DS. Stacksync's field mapping accounts for these differences between Active Directory and Google Cloud Platform without custom code.
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Stacksync is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified with HIPAA BAA support. Data is encrypted in transit, and a zero-persistent-storage architecture means Active Directory and Google Cloud Platform records are not retained after a sync operation.
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Stacksync pricing is usage-based and starts at $1,000/month, including the managed Active Directory and Google Cloud Platform connectors, real-time two-way sync, monitoring, and support. That replaces building and maintaining a custom Active Directory–Google Cloud Platform integration in-house.
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Yes — Stacksync ships production-grade connectors for both Active Directory and Google Cloud Platform. 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 Google Cloud Platform: Varies by service: log-based CDC on Cloud SQL (logical replication or binlog, also via Datastream), Pub/Sub for event delivery, polling for BigQuery tables. Each detected change propagates to the other side in milliseconds, with field-level conflict resolution and an inspectable event log.
SECURITY
Security teams trust Stacksync
As a data company, we understand the importance of keeping your data secure. Stacksync is built with security best practices to keep your data safe at every layer, and is DPF-certified for US, EU, UK and CH data transfers.
SOC 2 Type II
ISO 27001
HIPAA BAA
GDPR
CCPA
DPF US-EU-UK-CH
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SSO & SCIM
Let your users access Stacksync from your centralized user management systems. Works with Okta, Azure, Google SSO and more.
Alerts
Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.
Secure connection options
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