One Identity Unveils Active Roles 8.6 with Enhanced Security and Administration

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Alisa Viejo, California, November 10th, 2026/CyberNewswire/--Active Roles 8.6: Cumulative security, feature and administration upgrades

One Identity has introduced Active Roles 8.6, strengthening secure and streamlined Active Directory administration with cumulative platform improvements, expanded API capabilities and greater authentication flexibility.

Active Roles 8.6, updated July 27, 2026, focuses on security and cumulative platform improvements. It fixes an RSTS configuration security issue and supersedes versions 8.3, 8.4 and 8.5. Compared with Active Roles 8.2.1 SP6, One Identity says 8.6 incorporates the features, enhancements and resolved issues delivered across that intervening release line. See the Active Roles 8.6 Release Notes.

The recent improvements are therefore best described as an administrator and integration experience upgrade, rather than a new visual redesign. The cumulative release line adds capabilities including the Active Roles REST API, as well as Redistributable Secure Token Server capabilities supporting API access and SAML 2.0 federated authentication.

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