Azure Active directory.
Active directory.
Active directory.
In this blog we will learn about active directory specifically Azure Active directory, to get started we will answer three questions:
- What is Active directory?
- how does it work and who uses it?
- Pricing options ?
What is active directory?
Active directory is basically a universal identity and access managing service, it provides single sign-on and multifactor authentication to help protect you from cybersecurity attacks.
How it active directory works and who uses it
IT admins. As an it admin, you can use Azure AD to control access to your applications and app resources, according your your company policy.eg you can use azure AD to require multifactor authentication when accessing important organization resources.
App developers as a developer you can use an Azure AD as a standards-base approach for adding single sign-on to your app, allowing it to work with user's pre-existing credentials, Azure Ad provides developers with ApIs that can help you as a developer personalize your app experience, using existing organizational data.
Pricing when it comes to Azure AD
Azure Active Directory Free .Provides user and group management, on-premises directory synchronization, basic reports, self-service password change for cloud users, and single sign-on across Azure, Microsoft 365, and many popular SaaS apps.
Azure Active Directory Premium P2. in addition to the Free features, P1 also lets your hybrid users access both on-premises and cloud resources. It also supports advanced administration, such as dynamic groups, self-service group management, Microsoft Identity Manager (an on-premises identity and access management suite) and cloud write-back capabilities, which allow self-service password reset for your on-premises users. Azure Active Directory Premium P2. In addition to the Free and P1 features, P2 also offers Azure Active Directory Identity Protection to help provide risk-based Conditional Access to your apps and critical company data and Privileged Identity Management to help discover, restrict, and monitor administrators and their access to resources and to provide just-in-time access when needed.
"Pay as you go" feature licenses. You can also get additional feature licenses, such as Azure Active Directory Business-to-Customer (B2C). B2C can help you provide identity and access management solutions for your customer-facing apps. For more information.
