title: Active Directory integration with Jira, Stash and Bamboo
body: <p>I wanna use Microsoft AD for my users to authenticate in the Atlassian products.</p>
  
  <p>What is the best way? </p>
  
  <p>Option 1: </p>
  
  <pre><code>Jira -&gt; AD
  Stash -&gt; AD
  Bamboo -&gt; AD
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can I centralize the access to AD? </p>
  
  <p>Something like this below, is it possible?</p>
  
  <p>Option 2: </p>
  
  <pre><code>Jira -&gt; AD 
  Stash -&gt; Jira
  Bamboo -&gt; Jira
  </code></pre>