Microsoft this week announced that its Azure Active Directory Certificate-Based Authentication (CBA) scheme for "phishing-resistant" authentications is now commercially released and ready for use ...

Microsoft is extending Azure Active Directory with two new authentication services for developers writing apps and services. AD B2C and AD B2B are in public preview now.

Newly added is Azure AD support for provisioning apps that use the OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication protocol. Microsoft also supports apps that use the System for Cross-Domain Identity ...

Microsoft's transitions its cloud-based video management and streaming platform from a token-based authentication scheme to Azure Active Directory.

For Android users, Microsoft said Azure AD CBA support with YubiKey on Android mobile is enabled via the latest MSAL. Android users don’t need the YubiKey Authenticator app, as they can plug in ...

Azure AD Seamless SSO service automatically signs users in to their corporate devices, connected to their workplace network. With Seamless SSO enabled, users won't have to type in their passwords ...

It's been a rough week for Microsoft users who have first- and third-party apps that rely on Azure Active Directory for authentication. Microsoft has published a root-cause analysis of its issues.

Federated authentication with users from other sources. When you link to Microsoft Azure AD, Managed Apple IDs are automatically created for users, and they simply sign in with their current email ...

Sonya Marshall, senior program manager for Microsoft's SQL Engineering group, outlined the improvements in the SQL-based database cloud service in a blog posting. The Azure Active Directory ...

Azure Active Directory users need to know the new weak spots in identity authentication and protection and how to mitigate attacks. Topics Spotlight: Advancing IT Leadership ...