# Authentication/deployment method for desktop agent with general users **URL:** https://openziti.discourse.group/t/authentication-deployment-method-for-desktop-agent-with-general-users/4355 **Category:** Uncategorized **Created:** [April 14, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/authentication-deployment-method-for-desktop-agent-with-general-users/4355 "2025-04-14T00:38:36Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6
### Author: ![Bailey-Coole](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/bailey-coole/32/3394_2.png) [@Bailey-Coole](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/Bailey-Coole) #### Post date: [April 15, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/authentication-deployment-method-for-desktop-agent-with-general-users/4355/6 "2025-04-15T13:22:20Z")
> [@TheLumberjack](#): > > do let us know what you discover? Yes will do, I'm going to go tinker for a bit with the agent. I also found [another thread](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/massive-rollout-strategy/1625/5) here of what seems someone else hitting the same issues. I think I have a plan based on what's been shared so far, but need to build more of a test network deployment first. > [@TheLumberjack](#): > > Sync'ing identities from Entra is a NetFoundry Enterprise-style add-on. It's not the sort of thing that OpenZiti is looking to solve really, I'd be surprised if the OpenZiti project would deliver such a thing. That's more automation around OpenZiti Ah. Would a typical Ziti implementation be expected to rely solely on manual identity/access management within the app (or 'home-grown' automation). Or is there more of a soft expectation there that business customers should use the paid product if wanting to centralise IAM? I don't think this is too critical to our use case, just trying to understand the design intent/typical deployment. --- _[View the full topic](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/authentication-deployment-method-for-desktop-agent-with-general-users/4355)._