
Asked by: Oroitz Vreemann
asked in category: General Last Updated: 13th June, 2020What is Microsoft Azure AD?
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Also question is, what is Azure AD and how it works?
Azure Active Directory (aka Azure AD) is a fully managed multi-tenant service from Microsoft that offers identity and access capabilities for applications running in Microsoft Azure and for applications running in an on-premises environment. Azure AD can also be an organization's only directory service.
Beside above, what is Microsoft Azure? Microsoft Azure. Microsoft Azure (formerly Windows Azure /ˈæ??r/) is a cloud computing service created by Microsoft for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers.
Similarly, it is asked, what is the difference between ad and Azure AD?
The main point of difference between the two platforms is that Azure AD supports web-based services through the use of Representational State Transfer (REST) API interfaces. As stated earlier, it uses completely different protocols and code bases to achieve this.
What is tenant in Azure AD?
A tenant represents an organization in Azure Active Directory. It's a dedicated Azure AD service instance that an organization receives and owns when it signs up for a Microsoft cloud service such as Azure, Microsoft Intune, or Office 365.