What is the Microsoft Azure Active directory?

Azure Application Development

It is a comprehensive identity and access management cloud solution that aims to provide a unique and different set of capabilities to manage users and groups. The name, Microsoft Azure Active directory, is completely different to the on-premise active directory. Microsoft Azure Application Development Services provides all necessary assistance that is required for Azure development and security.

Azure Active Directory

1.    Azure Active directory works as the foundation for many Microsoft online services, Office 365 is one of those.

2.   In the On-premise you can manage computers, manage groups policies, manages users and many others.

3.   In the Azure version, you don’t have group policies and even you can register computers, they are not managed in the same way.

4.    On premise AD is accessed via LDAP. The Azure Active directory among other methods you can access it using Graph API.

5.   You cannot deploy Azure Active directory on- premise, this may sound obvious but there are users who ask if it is possible.

6.    The on-premise in LDAP and security is based in Kerberos, the Azure Active directory has a complete different architecture and doesn’t support neither LDAP nor Kerberos.

7.    Azure active directory is an online service used for many different authentication and application integration service; you can find more information about it.

8.    The directory is a fully managed multi-tenant from Microsoft that provides identity and access capabilities for applications that run in Microsoft Azure, and in- and- on- premises environment.

9.    To understand Azure active directory is not Windows server active directory running on Virtual Machines in Microsoft azure.

10.    As the name implies, it is a version of MS Active directory that run on Microsoft’s cloud as a service. This is mainly an enterprise product.

Microsoft Azure has been providing a lot of help and ease to scale out as the company grows. It is recommended by number of famous developed companies that Azure has been critical to their success and work environment. For any other queries related to Azure security and Azure development, you can contact our developer team.

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