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SAML for Service Desk customers?

Dirk Festerling
Contributor
February 14, 2018

We are using Service Desk Cloud as an internal support tool for our company users. Most of them handle their issues by email. Some make even use out of the support portal, but most don't even know the password of their accounts. Because they have been created automatically when they sent the first email.

I would like to promote the usage of our portal, offer some confluence FAQ articles there etc. But having to sign in  is a nuicance for the customers... Now I figured out that we could use Identiy-Manager to provide single sign on even to my customers, because all have email adresses with the same (managed) domain.

After talking with Atlassian license support, I understood that in future all managed accounts (even the one for Service Desk customers) will be billed with 3 USD per user and month. We have round about 200 active users in our company and I would have to create a (billed) account for everyone (if I see that somebody joined the company)... In addition, I have no idea how to handle resigned users... They keep billed unless I disable them, but since they are not part of our team, I don't know about their leave...  In the end I will have a monthly bill of at least 600 USD that keeps growing - completeley out of my control...

Obviously I can't justify the usage of Identiy-Manager under that circumstances. Are there any alternatives to use Atlassian's cloud services and still provide a smooth experience to my customers?

Thanks a lot for your input and best regards!
Dirk

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Jens
Contributor
August 26, 2021

I agree wholeheartedly that it is a costly addon, that is strictly necessary in most use cases.

I don't understand why integration with Active Directory should be a Premium feature. It should just be part of the Standard plan.

Having to pay for users who signed up for a free Trello plan is also a surprise.

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John Funk
Community Champion
August 23, 2021

Hi Martin,

I don't have customers like Atlassian Partners do as I am just our internal admin. But I certainly agree that it would be fantastic if Access could be included under Premium and Enterprise. 

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