Azure AD Connect allows engineers to sync on-permises AD data to Azure AD. If you use express settings for the AD connect setup, by default it enables the password synchronization as well. This allows users to use same Active Directory password to authenticate in to cloud based workloads. This allow users to use single login details without maintaining different passwords. It simplifies the…
Azure AD Connect is the tool use to connect on-premises directory service with Azure AD. It allows users to use same on-premises ID and passwords to authenticate in to Azure AD, Office 365 or other Applications hosted in Azure. Azure AD connect can install on any server if its meets following,
• The AD forest functional level must be Windows Server 2003 or later.
• If you plan to…
I am sure most of you aware what is single sign-on (SSO) in Active Directory infrastructure and how it works. When we extend identity infrastructures to Azure by using Azure AD, it also allows to extend Single Sign-On capabilities to authenticate in to cloud workloads. it can be done using on-premises ADFS farm. Password Hash Synchronization or Pass-through Authentication allow users to use same…
When organizations want to use same user name and passwords to log in to on-premises and cloud workloads (azure), there are two options. One is to sync user name and password hashes from on-premises active directory to azure AD. Other option is to deploy ADFS farm on-premises and use it to authenticate cloud based logins. But it needs additional planning and resources. On-premises AD uses hash…
