What is Azure Active Directory?

Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is Microsoft’s multi-tenant cloud based directory and identity management service.

For IT Admins, Azure AD provides an affordable, easy to use solution to give employees and business partners single sign-on (SSO) access to thousands of cloud SaaS Applications like Office365, Salesforce.com, DropBox, and Skype for Business.

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Benefits of Azure AD

  • Users can use a single identity to access on-premises applications and cloud services such as Office 365
  • Single-tool to provide an easy deployment for synchronization and sign-in

Why windows 10 Azure AD Authentication?

Windows 10 Activation happens directly without third party software. Active Directory deployment is easier to enable with devices running windows 10.

Windows 10 Azure AD Authentication

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AD is a server role on Windows Server, which means that it can be deployed on physical or virtual machines.

Let us see an overview for Windows 10 Azure AD Authentication.

  • Install Windows 10 Enterprise Edition
  • Log in to windows 10 and navigate to Start->Settings
  • Open Settings window and Choose System in the setting panel

    • Devices

  • In Settings, Choose the option About under system and click to Join Azure AD

    • Join-Azure-AD

  • Using Office 365, it will enroll this device with your organisation. After that, your organisation will collect the information about the user
  • To Enroll this device with our organisation, Click next

    • Office-365

  • Enter your office 365 username to Signed in and click next

    • Azure-Sign-In

  • Enter Office 365 password and click Sign in button

    • Enter-Password

  • After Office 365 account verification is successfully done, a confirmation window is open after Sign in
  • Verify your Organisation and Click Join to allow some changes in your PC

    • Azure-AD-Administrator

  • Now your device is now joined to your organisation in Azure AD and click Finish to complete this process

    • Azure-AD

  • Now Azure AD is joined with your organisation

    • Windows-10

  • Azure portal will also display registered device displaying under the corresponding user

    • Azure-Portal

  • Password synchronization – Synchronizes the password in Active Directory to Azure AD.The end-user can use the same password on-premises and in the cloud

    • Outlook-to-office-365

  • Then it is connecting to Office 365 through Azure AD

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Conclusion

Azure AD is affordable and it is easy to configure on your workstations/laptops to use via Single Sign On(SSO) in Office 365. It is the simplest authentication process with lesser time utilization.

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