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Top Features

• Single sign-on to any cloud and on-premises web app

  Azure Active Directory provides secure single sign-on to cloud and on-premises applications including Microsoft Office 365 and thousands of SaaS applications such as Salesforce, Workday, DocuSign, ServiceNow, and Box.

• Easily extend Active Directory to the cloud

  Connect Active Directory and other on-premises directories to Azure Active Directory in just a few clicks and maintain a consistent set of users, groups, passwords, and devices across both environments.

• Enterprise scale and SLA

  Azure Active Directory Premium offers enterprise-grade scale and reliability. As the directory for Office 365, it already hosts hundreds of millions of users and handles billions of authentications every day. The high availability service is hosted in globally distributed datacenters in 17 regions, with worldwide technical support that provides a 99.9% SLA.

• Protect sensitive data and applications

  Enhance application access security using rule-based Azure Multi-Factor Authentication for both on-premises and cloud applications. Protect your business with security reporting, auditing, alerting, and “shadow IT” application discovery. Take advantage of unique machine learning-based capabilities that identify potential threats.

• Protect on-premises web applications with secure remote access

  Access your on-premises web applications from everywhere and protect with multi-factor authentication, conditional access policies, and group-based access management. Users can access SaaS and on-premises web apps from the same portal.

• Reduce costs and enhance security with self-service capabilities

  Delegate important tasks such as resetting passwords and the creation and management of groups to your employees. Providing self-service application access and password management through verification steps can reduce helpdesk calls and enhance security.

• Works with iOS, Mac OS X, Android and Windows devices

  Users can launch applications from a personalized web-based access panel, mobile app, Office 365, or custom company portals using their existing work credentials—and have the same experience whether they’re working on iOS, Mac OS X, Android and Windows devices.