Known issues, hints and tips and answers to commonly raised questions about Crowd:

General FAQ on the Atlassian Website

Concepts:

• What is single sign-on (SSO)?
• What is authorisation?
• What is authentication?
• What is centralised authentication?
• What is identity management?
• What is a directory?

Technical:

• How does Crowd work? How is Crowd an "application security framework"?
• What is an application connector?
• What is a directory connector?
• How many users can Crowd manage?
• How many applications can be used with Crowd?
• We already have an LDAP server for Confluence and/or JIRA. Do we really need Crowd?

Compatibility:

• What are Crowd's system requirements?
• What directories and applications does Crowd support out of the box?
• How can Crowd be connected to new or currently unsupported applications?
• How does Crowd integrate with other Atlassian products?
• Does Crowd include Kerberos integration?

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