User Profiles for Confluence can also synchronize data from user directories that are connected through one of the following third party apps:
https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219399/user-sync-users-provisioning-sync-groups-sync-jira?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview (starting with version 2.2)
https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212130/saml-single-sign-on-jira-sso-jira-saml-sso-oidc-user-sync?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview (starting with version 5.2)
When User Profiles for Jira is installed, the attributes configured in User Profiles for Jira can be mapped via User Sync connectors and kept up to date via the apps Just-in-Time Provisioning feature. This allows to synchronize user attributes from a cloud Identity Provider like Azure AD, Okta, or Google in the absence of an LDAP sync.
For more details, please follow the official tutorial provided:
With this setup you do not need to configure the mapping of LDAP attributes as described on Create and Edit User Profile Elements (v 2.5).