Sophos Firewall: Integrate Active Directory

May 7, 2026

A step-by-step tutorial for integrating Active Directory in your Sophos Firewall. The steps are shown in SFOS v21, so the steps and user interface may vary slightly in later versions.

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  • Video Chapters*

00:00 Intro

00:10 Overview

00:22 Prerequisites

00:45 Add AD server

02:32 Import AD groups

03:22 Set primary auth method

04:15 Outro

  • Relevant Documentation*

Active Directory server
https://docs.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/21.0/Help/en-us/webhelp/onlinehelp/index.html

Add an Active Directory server
https://docs.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/21.0/Help/en-us/webhelp/onlinehelp/index.html

Configure per-connection AD SSO authentication for multi-user hosts
https://docs.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/21.0/Help/en-us/webhelp/onlinehelp/index.html

Add externally generated certificate, intermediate and root CAs
https://docs.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/21.5/Help/en-us/webhelp/onlinehelp/index.html

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