Case Study: Ouachita Parish School System achieves simplified, low-cost SSO and rapid Office 365 integration with Delinea

Ouachita School District Pairs Centrify with Microsoft Office 365 for Identity & Access Management

Ouachita Parish School District, a Monroe, LA system of 35 schools serving over 19,000 students, was replacing a legacy email system with Office 365 and needed a low‑cost, easy-to-manage single sign‑on (SSO) solution. With only two network administrators and tight budget and resource constraints, the district sought cloud‑based authentication that would support unlimited apps, simplify user access, increase security, and require minimal ongoing management.

After evaluating options, Ouachita implemented Centrify Identity Service, a cloud-based IDaaS that required only a single server/PC to integrate with Active Directory. The quick, low‑touch rollout gave faculty SSO for unlimited apps, delivered a 99% hands‑off experience (installed by one admin in a day), reduced infrastructure and management overhead versus ADFS, and added security features such as centralized authentication and remote device lock/wipe.

Ouachita Parish School System

Keith Williamson

Network Administrator