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February 7, 2022
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Federated IDs - Create Directory not available

  • February 7, 2022
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Hello,

we are trying to migrate our users to Federated IDs and therefor try to create the federated directory according https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/using/set-up-identity.html

Our problem is that there is no button called “Create Directory”. Are we missing something?

best regards

Correct answer Vikrant R

You'll need to contact Adobe Sales or Support to help you find a solution that works best for you. You could contact Support by using the available options on the Admin Console > Support page.

Alternatively, you may review the offering highlights here and then contact Adobe Sales: https://www.adobe.com/howtobuy/buying-programs/enterprise.html

 

5 replies

New Participant
August 12, 2025

It's Adobe, did you expect something better?  Confirming August 2025 that this is still an Adobe problem.  I mean sure they discontinued Perpetual licensing with Adobe Acrobat 2020, and sure their subscription pricing means you'll spend twice as much as what you did before, and sure their customer service is outsourced to the cheapest bidder, but on the positive side....um..I got nothing.  Enterprise or Teams... Pay up to use an option that is considered normal security practice by almost every other software company. 

New Participant
June 9, 2025

Unreal, How in 2025 is SSO an optional Add-on only associated with an Enterprise license?

This is increadibly backwards and dissapoint behaviour from a Security perspective as well as obstracting all of the good work around Self Service Purchasing of licenses.

Do better.

New Participant
April 29, 2023

You'll have to pay the SSO Tax by upgrading to Enterprise just to secure your employees data with this best practice. They understand no other features are necessary, but this is a great way to increase profits for a security feature that should be included. But, good luck trying to reach a human being to secure your upgrade to enterprise. Please don't use chat as it appears completedly broken. Thanks.

New Participant
April 19, 2023

2023 and still a thing.

This is a default feature on a lot of products nowadays, even loads of free plugins for wordpress etc.

 

Security (and central management) features, such as federated logins, sync and SSO should be included in all business packages, not only enterprise.

New Participant
April 26, 2023

Agree with the above. Needs to be included in the documentation for the prerequisites for SSO, Adobe can fill in the wishform themselves I don't have the time to waste.

Brainiac
February 8, 2022

Hello there,

 

We have reviewed your account which you have utilised to post here and found that you are using a Creative Cloud Teams subscription. 

 

Federated ID's are specific to Creative Cloud Enterprise, hence you will not see Create Directory button in the Admin Console. 

 

To know more about it and the difference between different types of Identittes, please read the following help document: Identity Types.

New Participant
November 6, 2022

@Vikrant R & @iCharles  - I just came across this, and it would be helpful if this information were included in the Prerequisites section on each setup instruction for Federated Id. For example, I saw the banner about migrating my IDs, clicked on the link, and looked at the options. I decided that Federated made the most sense. I then found the Google Federation Sync page and tried to follow the instructions, and like @Bernhard23034626qnlz discovered the Create Directory option was missing.

 

I then started investigating to see if I was missing something in the instructions or if something else was configured incorrectly. I even double-checked the prerequisites that I met the requirements. After about 30 minutes, I Googled the issue and came across this post, which immediately answered my question.  Users managing SaaS for their organization are extremely busy and appreciate any time we can save.

 

I agree with @derekc22870598 that Enterprise's additional features (and cost) should not be needed to add Federated ID and SSO support.

 

 
kglad
Community Expert
November 6, 2022

open the support tab on your admin console > start chat or start case or request expert session.

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/using/support-and-expert-services.html