Choosing the right authentication method

This recipe shows how to choose the right authentication method between Active Directory and Azure AD tenant.

Getting ready

To make a choice, you'll need to know the following characteristics of your organization:

• Is your organization OK with synchronizing secrets for end users to the (public) cloud?
• Does your organization already have a federation solution and use claims-based applications, either inside your organization, or cloud-based applications, systems, and/or services?
• Does your organization require smartcard- or certificate-based authentication to cloud applications, systems, and/or services, or does it rely on on-premise multi-factor authentication solutions?
• Is your...