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Active Directory / Entra ID Integration
Intelligent use of user and metadata

With the integration of Active Directory (AD) or Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Docugate ensures that all relevant employee and organizational data is automatically available in the document creation process. This eliminates manual data entry, reduces errors and ensures that documents are always personalized with the latest user information.

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What does the interface to Active Directory / Entra ID do?

The Docugate interface to Active Directory or Entra ID acts as a provider for user and organizational data.
Using standardized interfaces (LDAP, ODBC, SQL), Docugate reads relevant data such as names, positions, locations or contact data and makes it available for document creation.
For example, data is inserted automatically:

Sender information

Name, position, telephone number, e-mail

Location or company data

Address, postal code, city, country, etc.

Signature and signature information

First name, surname, function, signature

Customer data or contact persons

from existing databases

This information is read and inserted "on time" when a document is created. Always up-to-date and consistent with the central user administration.

Functionality & possibilities

Read access to existing data

Docugate uses read access to Active Directory or Entra ID to import master data securely and efficiently.

Dynamic data integration

Employee data is automatically inserted during document creation. No redundancy, no outdated data.

Flexible management

User and group data can be maintained centrally by administrators or decentrally by individual users.

Open architecture

In addition to AD/Entra ID, other data sources such as SQL databases, Oracle, Outlook or TwixTel can also be integrated.

Automated address search

Recipient addresses can be entered manually or searched for and transferred from existing databases.

Central user and rights management

Docugate's integrated User Rights Module ensures a structured, group-based assignment of rights:

  • Roles and authorizations are managed via the Docugate AdminTool.

  • The hierarchy can be defined down to individual templates or language variants.

  • Groups and users can either be managed in Docugate or taken directly from the Active Directory.

This ensures that access rights are always up-to-date and synchronized with the company's IT structure.

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Advantages at a glance

No double data entry

Existing user information is automatically transferred.

Consistent database

Standardized employee information in all documents.

Central care

Changes in the Active Directory immediately affect all documents.

Faster processes:

Automated personalization and template filling.

Flexibly expandable

Combination with other data sources (CRM, ERP, SQL, etc.).

Security & data protection

  • Read-only access to the data source (no write operations).
  • Access via secure connections (LDAPs, HTTPS, ODBC with authentication).
  • Data is only used temporarily to create documents. No redundant storage.
  • Compliance-compliant use in accordance with internal security guidelines and GDPR/CH-DSG.
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Would you like to link your user administration with Docugate?

We will be happy to advise you on how best to integrate your existing Active Directory or Entra ID structure into Docugate.

Personal advice

As Lead Docugate Solutions, Andreas Imboden is your point of contact when it comes to questions about Microsoft Office, template management or document creation. He knows our Docugate and Signgate products inside out. This broad know-how and his many years of experience allow him to work with you to design, discuss and, of course, implement a solution tailored to your needs. Get in touch now!

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Andreas Imboden

Andreas Imboden
Lead Docugate Solutions / Project Manager