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MANAGE AND PROTECT WITH MICROSOFT ENTRA ID
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MULTICLOUD IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT
Secure access for your employees to apps and resources in any cloud or
on-premises with Microsoft Entra ID.
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Microsoft Entra ID empowers organizations to manage and secure identities so
people can access the applications and services they need. Microsoft Entra ID
provides an identity solution that integrates broadly, from on-premises legacy
apps to thousands of top software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, delivering a
seamless end-user experience and improved visibility and control.
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Management.1, 2
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leadership dimensions in access management.3
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sign-on, multifactor authentication, passwordless, Conditional Access, and other
features.
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Microsoft Entra ID increases worker productivity and reduces IT friction. Fifty
percent of teams increased identity and access management team efficiency.
End–user productivity increased by 13 hours per year and password reset requests
decreased by 75 percent.
EXPLORE MICROSOFT ENTRA
Secure access for any identity, from anywhere, to any resource across clouds and
on-premises.
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* MICROSOFT ENTRA ID
Protect identities and manage access to apps, devices, and data.
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Manage your domain controllers in the cloud.
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Help users to securely connect to private apps from anywhere.
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Secure access to internet and software as a service (SaaS) apps.
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* MICROSOFT ENTRA ID GOVERNANCE
Help protect, monitor, and audit access to critical assets.
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Block identity takeover in real time.
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* MICROSOFT ENTRA VERIFIED ID
Build user-owned identity scenarios.
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* MICROSOFT ENTRA EXTERNAL ID
Provide external identities with secure access to any app.
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SECURE ACCESS IN ANY CLOUD
* MICROSOFT ENTRA PERMISSIONS MANAGEMENT
Manage identity permissions across your multicloud infrastructure.
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* MICROSOFT ENTRA WORKLOAD ID
Help apps and services to access cloud resources securely.
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR MICROSOFT ENTRA ID
Name change
AZURE AD IS NOW MICROSOFT ENTRA ID
Microsoft Entra ID is the new name for Azure AD. All licensing and functionality
remain the same. No action is required from you.
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MICROSOFT ENTRA BLOG
Stay up to date with the latest news about our identity and network access
product family.
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Research study
THE TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT™ OF MICROSOFT ENTRA
Learn how a composite organization achieved a three-year, 240% ROI with
Microsoft Entra in this 2023 commissioned Forrester Consulting study.4
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TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
Explore all the features in Microsoft Entra ID, and view how-to guides,
tutorials, and quick-start guides.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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* WHAT IS MICROSOFT ENTRA ID?
Microsoft Entra ID, formerly known as Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), is
an identity and access management solution from Microsoft that helps
organizations secure and manage identities in cloud and on-premises
environments.
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* IS MICROSOFT ENTRA ID FREE?
Microsoft Entra ID has a free edition that provides user and group
management, on-premises directory synchronization, basic reports,
self-service password change for cloud users, and single sign-on (SSO) across
Azure, Microsoft 365, and many popular SaaS apps. The free edition is
included with a subscription of a commercial online service such as Azure,
Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Intune, or Power Platform.
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* WHAT’S THE NEW NAME FOR AZURE AD?
In 2023, Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) was renamed Microsoft Entra ID.
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* WHAT HAPPENED TO AZURE AD?
The name changed. Microsoft offers and supports the capabilities and service
level agreements of Azure AD under the new name of Microsoft Entra ID.
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* [2] Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Access Management, Henrique Teixeira,
Abhyuday Data, Nathan Harris, Robertson Pimentel. 16 November 2023.
* [3] KuppingerCole, Leadership Compass: Access Management 2023, Alejandro
Leal, August 16, 2023.
* [4] Forrester Consulting, The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Entra: Cost
Savings And Business Benefits Enabled By Microsoft Entra, commissioned by
Microsoft, March 2023. Results are for a composite organization based on
eight organizations as stated in the linked study.
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