# Does LDAP Active Directory Authentication works with Basic License

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-ldap-active-directory-authentication-works-with-basic-license/257369
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security, license
**Created:** [December 2, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-ldap-active-directory-authentication-works-with-basic-license/257369 "2020-12-02T14:39:31Z")
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### Author: ![ajesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@ajesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajesh)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-ldap-active-directory-authentication-works-with-basic-license/257369/1 "2020-12-02T14:39:31Z")

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Hi Team,

Does the LDAP Active Directory Authentication works with Basic license?

Thanks,  
Ajesh

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### Author: ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-ldap-active-directory-authentication-works-with-basic-license/257369/2 "2020-12-02T14:58:55Z")

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No, unfortunately not. You would need a Gold license, see [https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions)

You can definitely try it out using a trial license though, hope this helps!

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-ldap-active-directory-authentication-works-with-basic-license/257369/3 "2020-12-30T14:59:04Z")

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