Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) 2.3 now offers generally available role-based access control (RBAC) and external authentication features, enhancing user management and security. With this update, organizations can define roles with specific access permissions for different users and integrate existing directories like LDAP, Active Directory, or SAML for user authentication. ECE provides predefined roles to simplify management, allowing users to combine roles as needed for tasks such as platform administration, deployment management, and viewing. Users can be managed natively within ECE, where native users can have their roles and permissions configured, or through external authentication providers, allowing centralized management of user credentials. The system supports LDAP, Active Directory, and SAML for authentication, offering flexibility in how user attributes are mapped to roles within ECE. Additionally, a REST API allows for programmatically managing users and roles, facilitating automation and integration with other systems.