Zoho Directory is an identity and access management software that allows you to authenticate and manage access provision to multiple products. Users can also manage third-party applications and enforce the organization's security. By integrating with Zoho Projects, the users will be able to access Zoho Projects directly from their Identity Provider.

Feature Availability: Latest user based Enterprise plan
Benefits
- Provide access to authorized users only.
- Gain access to multiple applications with a single authorization.

Note:
Only users with administrator profiles in both Zoho Projects and Zoho Directory can configure this integration.
Available Configurations
Single Sign-on:
Zoho Directory supports single sign-on, which allows users to access apps with a single login securely.
Learn more about setting up custom authentication using Zoho Directory.
Security Policies:
Security policies are a set of customizable rules that govern how users can authenticate themselves. They consist of four components:
Password policy: This component dictates how strong the users' passwords must be and how often they have to be renewed.

MFA: Using this component, the user can decide which multi-factor authentication modes to use.

Allowed IPs: This component dictates which IP addresses the user can use to sign in. Any sign-in requests from IPs that aren't allowed will be denied.

Session management: This component dictates how many active sessions a user can have, and for how long.

Active Directory Sync:
Zoho Directory enables you to delegate user authentication and management to your Active Directory. By configuring this, all the user data can be organized and maintained in a common directory.
Learn more about Active Directory Sync
Sign-in Activity:
You can view the active users in your domain and their recent activities. You can also see an overview of your organization's users, groups, apps, sign-in activity, and app usage.
- Click
in the top navigation panel.
- Navigate to Zoho Directory in the left navigation panel.
- Click Configure to access the available features in the Zoho Directory portal.

Note:
You can also access the integration from
> Marketplace > Zoho Apps > Zoho Directory.Adding Users in Zoho Directory
- Sign in to Zoho Directory .
- Click Admin Panel.
- Select Applications tab in the left navigation panel.
- Click Add Application.
- Search for Zoho Projects and click Add.
- Create a new account or select an existing account.
- Click Next, then click Yes, Add.
- Click Add User to add users to the portal or click Manage Application to add or update users into the account.


Note:
When new users are added to Zoho Directory, they will automatically be added to Zoho Projects.