The Sitecore CMS Active Directory module provides the integration of Active Directory domain with the Sitecore CMS solution. You can integrate the domain users and groups available into Sitecore CMS as Sitecore users and Sitecore roles immediately after the module installation and configuration. Moreover, user profiles can be easily extended with the custom properties from the Active Directory.
Note: The AD module only supports connection to MS Active Directory service running on a Microsoft Windows platform.