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Mastering Identity and Access Management with Microsoft Azure

You're reading from   Mastering Identity and Access Management with Microsoft Azure Start empowering users and protecting corporate data, while managing Identities and Access with Microsoft Azure in different environments

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785889448
Length 692 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Getting Started with a Cloud-Only Scenario FREE CHAPTER 2. Planning and Designing Cloud Identities 3. Planning and Designing Authentication and Application Access 4. Building and Configuring a Suitable Azure AD 5. Shifting to a Hybrid Scenario 6. Extending to a Basic Hybrid Environment 7. Designing Hybrid Identity Management Architecture 8. Planning Authorization and Information Protection Options 9. Building Cloud from Common Identities 10. Implementing Access Control Mechanisms 11. Managing Transition Scenarios with Special Scenarios 12. Advanced Considerations for Complex Scenarios 13. Delivering Multi-Forest Hybrid Architectures 14. Installing and Configuring the Enhanced Identity Infrastructure 15. Installing and Configuring Information Protection Features 16. Choosing the Right Technology, Methods, and Future Trends

Using multiple identity providers and authentication scenarios


Users can log into the accounts and access applications that are integrated with Azure AD.

Using multiple identity providers

There are two options for signing users into Azure AD:

  • Authenticating to Azure AD.

  • Authenticating to an On-premises Identity Provider.

In the following figure, you can see a simple example of a combination of these two modes. If you are a user of msazure.ch, you use AAD as your identity provider and a user from idam.ch the local Active Directory with a configured ADFS infrastructure.

AD FS architecture including the Web Application proxy (AD FS proxy)

The Web Application proxy, or the AD FS proxy in older versions, is used for the following reasons:

  • Used to enhance the security and performance of the AD FS installation

  • The proxy service is exposed over HTTPS and client connections terminate at the proxy

  • When installing AD FS proxy, a trust is created between the proxy and the AD FS farm

  • It is included in the web...

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