Protect all your users and data
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) enterprise identity service provides single sign-on, multifactor authentication, and conditional access to help protect your users from 99.9 percent of cybersecurity attacks.
Provide more secure access to apps from anywhere
Whether on site or remote, employees have seamless access to all their apps so they can stay productive from anywhere. Automate workflows for user lifecycle and provisioning. Save time and resources with self-service management.
Make sign-in and security seamless for users
Simplify single sign-on. Azure AD supports thousands of prebuilt integrations with software as a service (SaaS) apps for your workforce to access.
Unify internal and external identity management
Manage identities from Azure AD to improve visibility and extend security policies. Provide secure access for customers and partners for a user-centric experience without added friction.
Why trust Azure AD?
200,000
Customers who trust Azure AD.
425M
Monthly active users supported by Azure AD.
30B
Authentications processed each day.
Features
Single sign-on
Multifactor authentication
Conditional access
Lifecycle management: Automate and simplify the access lifecycle.
User and group management: Assign licenses and app access and add or manage domain names.
Identity protection: Automate detection and remediation of identity-based risks.
Privileged identity management: Strengthen the security of your privileged accounts.
App management: Simplify app access from anywhere with single sign-on.
External identities: Share resources or apps with users outside your organization.
Microsoft identity platform: Authentication service, open-source libraries, and app management tools.
Device management: Allow users to be productive from anywhere while protecting your organization’s assets.
Domain services: Lift and shift legacy apps without needing to manage the environment in the cloud.
Frontline worker identity: Empower your Frontline Workforce to achieve more.
Hybrid application access: Secure access to on-premises apps without having to update or change them.
Hybrid identity: Seamlessly and securely access resources from anywhere.
Identity governance: Help protect, monitor, and audit access to critical assets.
Identity verification: Automate and simplify the access lifecycle.
Managed identities: Eliminate the need to manage credentials.
Password protection: Define custom password protection policies to increase security.
Passwordless: Provide ease of use without the inherent risk of passwords.
Reports and monitoring: Get a comprehensive view of activity and gain insights into your environment.
Roles: Distribute identity management tasks.
User self-service portals: Enable employees to manage their own identity.
Explore thousands of app integrations with Azure AD.
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IDC
Azure AD manages more than 250 million active users and processes more than 30 billion authentication requests daily. Microsoft aims to provide a complete identity solution that can support heterogeneous environments.
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Azure AD provides directory services, identity federation, and access management from the cloud in a single, unified solution with extensive integration opportunities.
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