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Eng Soon Cheah
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Implementing Authentication with Azure AD

In Azure AD, Certificate-based authentication can be used to connect to:

  • Custom services authored by your organization
  • Microsoft SharePoint Online
  • M365 or MS Exchange
  • Skype for Business
  • Azure API Management
  • Third-party services deployed in your organization

Azure Active Directory

  • Identity and access management
  • Provides
    • Directory services
    • Identity governance
    • Application access management
  • Ideal for SSO between on-premises machines, BYOD and mobile devices
  • Thousands of applications in the Azure AD application gallery

Azure offers several ways to leverage identity as a service (IDaaS) with varying levels of complexity.

Azure AD vs. Active Directory Domain Services
Azure Active Directory

  • Identity-as-a-service
  • Not a domain controller in the cloud
  • Does provide optional directory services
  • Supports SAML, WS-Federation and Oauth
  • Can sync with Active Directory Domain Services

Active Directory Domain Services

  • Provides identity services
  • Full-featured domain controller
  • Manages machines using organizational units (OUs) and Group Policy Objects (GPOs)

Azure AD Connect

  • Integrates on-premises directories with Azure Active Directory
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