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Azure AD is a cloud-based identity management service from Microsoft that provides features like single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and security monitoring. It offers high availability through data replication across multiple regions and strong security controls like conditional access and privileged identity management.

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Azure AD

Azure AD is a cloud-based identity management service from Microsoft that provides features like single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and security monitoring. It offers high availability through data replication across multiple regions and strong security controls like conditional access and privileged identity management.

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Azure AD

Azure Ad Premium is a famous cloud-based directory


and identity management service, developed by
Microsoft. While it is essentially based on Active
Directory, Microsoft’s on-premises identity
management solution, Azure AD provides several
additional features and benefits, which we will cover in
this article.

To summarize, Azure AD is cost-effective, easy to use,


and can be integrated into a wide range of platforms
and applications, both on-premise and ‘in the in-the-
cloud. It provides a Single Sign-On feature, which
includes multi-factor authentication and self-service
password management. It also provides several
additional protection features, including security
monitoring and alerting, and can be configured to
detect anomalous login attempts.
Benefits of Using
Azure AD
High
Availability
Microsoft guarantees 99.99%
availability. All data is first written
to the Active Primary partition, and
then copied to the Passive Primary,
and then to the Secondary Replica
partitions, from which data is read.
In total, MS has 28 data centers
spread across multiple geographic
regions .
Strong Azure
AD Security
As you would expect, Microsoft
takes security extremely
seriously. Azure AD has several
security features, which include
Multi Factor Authentication,
Conditional Access, and
Privileged Identity
Management, to name a few.
Multi-Factor
Authentication
(MFA) in Azure AD
Azure AD MFA provides an extra
layer of security to accounts by
requesting an additional form of
verification. Azure AD delivers
the following MFA verification
methods:
Microsoft Authenticator app
OATH Hardware token
OATH Software token
SMS
Voice call
Conditional
Access
You can set up Conditional Access policies
to confirm that users are only granted
access to the data they need to perform
their role. These policies are if-then
statements, which can check for a wide
range of signals, including user or group
membership, IP location, devices and
applications used, and more. It is even
possible for admins to set up a ‘Dynamic
Group’, where group members will
automatically adjust based on certain
attributes, such as employee type,
location, department, and more.
Privileged Identity
Management in Azure
AD
Azure AD PIM allows fine-
grained control over
privileged accounts and
resources. This feature also
provides an audit trail that
will help administrators
identify suspicious privileged
account activity.
Conclusion
A dedicated third-party solution
like Apps4Rent will provide data
discovery and classification,
inactive user account
management, real-time alerts to
your inbox or mobile device, and
more.
They even have expertise in
providing notch-level Azure
DevOps On Premise Services
and support to their clients,
which makes them ideal partners
to select for the service.
Thankyou

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