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Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is Microsoft’s enterprise cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) solution. The Azure AD enterprise identity service provides single sign-on and multi-factor authentication to help protect your users from 99.9 percent of cybersecurity attacks. Azure AD is the backbone of the Office 365 system, and it can sync with on-premise Active Directory and provide authentication to other cloud-based systems via OAuth.
Single sign-on
Single sign-on simplifies access to your apps from anywhere .
Multi-Factor Authentication
Conditional Access and multi-factor authentication help protect and govern access
Connect your workforce
Automate workflows for user lifecycle and provisioning. Save time and resources with self-service management.
Choose from thousands of SaaS apps
Simplify single sign-on. Azure AD supports thousands of pre-integrated software as a service (SaaS) application
Protect and govern access
Safeguard user credentials by enforcing strong authentication and conditional access policies. Efficiently manage your identities by ensuring that the right people have the right access to the right resources
Engage with your customers and partners
Secure and manage customers and partners beyond your organizational boundaries, with one identity solution. Customize user journeys and simplify authentication with social identity and more
Integrate identity into your apps
Accelerate adoption of your application in the enterprise by supporting single sign-on and user provisioning. Reduce sign-in friction and automate the creation, removal, and maintenance of user accounts
Integrate with multi users
A single identity platform lets you engage with internal and external users more securely
Azure Active Directory comes in four editions—Free, Office 365 apps, Premium P1, and Premium P2. The Free edition is included with a subscription of a commercial online service, e.g. Azure, Dynamics 365, Intune, and Power Platform. Office 365 subscriptions include the Free edition, but Office 365 E1, E3, E5, F1 and F3 subscriptions also include the features listed under the Office 365 apps column.
Free
Included with Microsoft 365
- Protect Azure AD tenant admin accounts with MFA
- Mobile app as a second factor
Office 365 Apps
Included with Microsoft 365
- Everything in Free +
- Phone call as a second factor
- SMS as a second factor
- Admin control over verification methods
- Remember MFA for trusted devices
Premium P1
USD 6 /user/month
- Everything in Office Apps 365 Plan +
- Fraud alert
- MFA Reports
- Custom greetings for phone calls
- Custom caller ID for phone calls
- Trusted IPs
- MFA for on-premises applications
Premium P2
USD 9 /user/month
- Everything in Premium P1 +
- Advanced identity protection
- Privileged identity-management
F.A.Q.
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Azure AD is the built-in solution for managing identities in Office 365. Add and configure any application with Azure AD to centralize identity and access management and better secure your environment. Configure SSO and automated provisioning depending on your application’s capabilities and your preferences.
Implement single sign-on for your hybrid environment by configuring password hash synchronization or using federation solutions such as Active Directory Federation Services. With Azure AD Premium, you also get health monitoring for your on-premises identity infrastructure and synchronization services.
Yes. Azure AD supports several standardized protocols for authentication and authorization, including SAML 2.0, OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, and WS-Federation. It also supports password vaulting and automated sign-in capabilities for apps that support only forms-based authentication. Learn more about authentication scenarios and protocols, and SSO for applications.
Enterprise Mobility + Security E3 licenses include Azure Active Directory Premium P1, and Enterprise Mobility + Security E5 licenses include Azure Active Directory Premium P2.