Enterprise Cloud Services

Overview to Azure Active Directory Premium

Evelyn Dennis

Microsoft’s Azure Technology has created a great opportunity for IT professionals.  Providing the ability to further enable people with secure access to information from a plethora of devices is one of the newer abilities provided through cloud and is enabled through Azure Active Directory Sync, formally DirSync. Microsoft is also taking this synchronization ability to the next level via the recently announced Enterprise Mobility Suite which includes Azure Active Directory Premium.

Capitalizing on the capabilities made available in the free offering, Azure Active Directory Premium includes additional features mentioned below to further empower businesses in offering secure access to data.

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Sysfore exhibits Cloud Solutions at Gitex Technology Week 2014!

Sysfore exhibits Cloud Solutions at Gitex Technology Week 2014!

Deepika Nagpal

Sysfore Technologies has been a Microsoft and .NET platform based solutions provider since 2004, with demonstrated experience in delivering enterprise solutions. As a member of the elite Microsoft Azure Circle Partner Program since its inception, Sysfore focuses on embracing cloud technologies and has built strong capabilities on the Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform, having helped over 50 customers run their applications and infrastructure on Microsoft Azure.

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Overview to Azure Active Directory

Evelyn Dennis

Like most directory services, Azure Active Directory stores information about users and the organizations they belong to. It lets users log in, then supplies them with tokens they can present to applications to prove their identity. It also allows synchronizing user information with Windows Server Active Directory running on premises in your local network. While the mechanisms and data formats used by Azure Active Directory aren’t identical with those used in Windows Server Active Directory, the functions it performs are quite similar.

Understanding Azure Active Directory

It’s important to understand that Azure Active Directory is designed primarily for and used by cloud applications. It can be used by applications running on Azure, for example, or on other cloud platforms. It’s also used by Microsoft’s own cloud applications, such as those in Office 365. If you want to extend your data center into the cloud using Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Virtual Network, however, Azure Active Directory isn’t the right choice. Instead, you’ll want to run Windows Server Active Directory in Virtual Machines.

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