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User Authentication Overview
Grafana provides many ways to authenticate users. Some authentication integrations also enable syncing user permissions and org memberships.
Here is a table showing all supported authentication providers and the features available for them. Team sync and active sync are only available in Grafana Enterprise.
See also, Grafana Authentication.
| Provider | Support | Role mapping | Team sync (Enterprise only) | Active sync (Enterprise only) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auth Proxy | v2.1+ | - | v6.3+ | - |
| Azure AD OAuth | v6.7+ | v6.7+ | v6.7+ | - |
| Generic OAuth | v4.0+ | v6.5+ | - | - |
| GitHub OAuth | v2.0+ | - | v6.3+ | - |
| GitLab OAuth | v5.3+ | - | v6.4+ | - |
| Google OAuth | v2.0+ | - | - | - |
| LDAP | v2.1+ | v2.1+ | v5.3+ | v6.3+ |
| Okta OAuth | v7.0+ | v7.0+ | v7.0+ | - |
| SAML (Enterprise only) | v6.3+ | v7.0+ | v7.0+ | - |