What is azure active directory?

Nazar Kvartalnyi
Written by
COO at Inoxoft, former .Net Software Engineer
Pub: Sep 28, 2021Upd: Feb 05, 2022
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Azure active directory (AD) is Microsoft’s cloud service based on identity and access management. It is quite helpful during signing in to

  • SaaS applications like Microsoft 365, Azure portal, and others, which are the external resources
  • Corporate intranet apps, personal cloud apps that are considered internal resources

Azure active directory usage

The most common usage of Azure AD belongs to:

  • IT admins in-app and resources access management, which should adhere to the corporate policy
  • App developers in app single sign-on adding, so users could work with credentials that pre-exist
  • Subscribers of Microsoft 365, Office 365, Azure, Dynamics CRM

What is azure active directory?

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