If you are not able to authenticate using the tool then you will not be able to via Knime either. Please contact your network administrators to get assistance with getting logged in first via that tool and then please let us know if you are still having issues.
Can you answer a few more questions to help us narrow down the root cause:
Are you behind any firewalls/VPN’s when attempting to authenticate?
Are any other users experiencing the same issue?
Are you using any type of two-factor auth?
Can you please let us know what java version you are using? We discovered a bug with Java 8 Update, Version 272, that happens to break LDAP authentication in Tomcat.
Are you behind any firewalls/VPN’s when attempting to authenticate? no
Are any other users experiencing the same issue? yes
Are you using any type of two-factor auth? yes, Azure AD MFA is enabled
Can you please let us know what java version you are using? We discovered a bug with Java 8 Update, Version 272, that happens to break LDAP authentication in Tomcat. Version 282.
Are you using Azure AD Domain Services or Azure AD Oauth?
Can you provide us with either the nodes you are trying to connect with, or the workflow that you are attempting to run that is throwing errors, or the error you see when attempting to log into the Webportal?
What account were you using to bind to the LDAP server with the suggested auth tool? Was it the same as your current user you are receiving the errors with or an admin account?
What type of bind are you using to connect to your AD server?
What type of Knime Server are you using? Small,Med,Large?