Learn how to deploy Azure AD Connect, the best way to synchronize on-premises Active Directory instances with the cloud-based Azure AD. Ever since the release of Windows 2000, Active Directory has ...

Cloud Sync will eventually replace Azure AD Connect for using your on-prem Active Directory with the cloud. Here's what you need to know to plan for that.

When Azure AD goes down, it has a knock-on effect on other cloud services. In September 2020, Office 365 users were unable to access their apps due to an extended Azure AD outage.

Organizations often use Azure AD Connect to maintain the relationship between their on-prem active directory and their Office 365/Azure cloud instance, and when doing this, it’s important that ...

According to Microsoft's Azure AD pricing page, MFA is only offered with Premium P1 and P2 Azure AD plans. Update 6/26: However, a reader pointed out that Microsoft doesn't charge for global ...

With the final release of Windows 10, the use of traditional Active Directory may be waning, and Azure AD on the rise. Here are some security concerns that need to be addressed when making the switch.

Microsoft updates Azure AD with support for temporary passcodes. Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) now allows admins to issue time-limited passcodes that can be used to register new passwordless ...

Although Active Directory and Azure AD are alike in name, the differ widely in the way they function and in their associated security models. Therefore, a paradigm shift is required to manage ...

At Microsoft's recent Inspire conference, Azure AD B2B Direct Connect and one of the first features built on this technology, Microsoft Teams Connect shared channels, were released to General ...

Azure AD is designed to be geo-distributed and deployed with multiple partitions across multiple data centers around the world, and is built with isolation boundaries.