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Not to be confused with Active Directory.
DeveloperMicrosoft
TypeCloud-based identity management service
Platform(s)Cross-platform
StatusActive
WebsiteOfficial Site

Microsoft's Azure Active Directory (shortened Microsoft Azure AD) is a cloud-based solution for managing identity and access. It is a directory and identity management service that operates in the cloud and offers authentication and authorization services to various Microsoft services like Office 365, Dynamics 365, Azure, and cloud-based applications. Azure AD provides users with single sign-on experience, regardless of whether their applications are cloud-based or on-premises.

Azure AD offers many authentication methods, including password-based, multi-factor, smart card, and certificate-based authentication. It also includes several security features, such as conditional access policies, risk-based authentication, and identity protection.[1]

On 11 July 2023, Microsoft announced it would be renaming Azure AD to Microsoft Entra ID, to fit with the name it already used for a wider range of products.[2] This decision received a largely negative response from the security community.[3]

Service Limits and Restrictions [4]

Category Limit
Tenants
  • A user can belong to max 500 AAD tenants
  • A user can create a max of 200 directories
  • 300 license-base subscriptions
Domains
  • No more than 5000 managed domain names
Resources

(users, devices, identities, applications)

  • Max of 50,000 Azure AD resources
  • Non-Admin user can create no more than 250 resources
Schema Extensions
  • Max 256 characters for String-type extensions
  • Max 256 bytes for Binary-type extensions
  • Only 100 extension values across all types and all applications
  • Only User, Group, Tenant Detail, Device, Application and Service Principal entities can be extended
Applications
  • Max 100 users and service principals can be owners of an application
  • A user, group or service principle can have max of 1,500 app role assignments

See also

References

  1. ^ Moniz, Hencita (7 March 2023). "Azure Active Directory and identity management". Skillzcafe. Retrieved 2023-04-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Chik, Joy (2023-07-11). "Microsoft Entra expands into Security Service Edge and Azure AD becomes Microsoft Entra ID". Microsoft Security Blog. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  3. ^ Kunert, Paul (2023-07-12). "Microsoft Azure AD name change causes consternation". The Register. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  4. ^ barclayn (2023-03-16). "Service limits and restrictions - Microsoft Entra". learn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2023-06-06.

Further reading

  • Zaal, Sjoukje (2022). Azure Active Directory for Secure Application Development: Use modern authentication techniques to secure applications in Azure. Packt Publishing. ISBN 978-1838646509.
  • Mayank, Manas; Garg, Mohit (2019). Developing Applications with Azure Active Directory: Principles of Authentication and Authorization for Architects and Developers. Apress. ISBN 978-1484250396.
  • Bertocci, Vittorio (2016). Modern Authentication with Azure Active Directory for Web Applications. Microsoft Press. ISBN 978-0735696945.
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