Azure active directory

Azure Active Director

The Identity component of the Azure Active Directory connector allows you, as an Identity administrator, to configure Azure Active Directory as a connected system and then make Identity users part of the Azure Active Directory system. The connector also enables the user or Identity administrator to reset Azure Active Directory account passwords and enable and disable user accounts. The Provisioning component of this connector enables exporting and importing of user accounts and Groups on an Azure Active Directory. It also supports exporting roles from an Azure Active Directory system.        

Windows Active Directory offers 5 core service

ADCS-?Active Directory Certification Services-Offers public key certificates if you want to implement certificate based authentication.

ADRMS-?Active Directory Rights Management Systems-It allows to create policies that enforce control over access to information. The idea of RMs is unique and protection provided to any piece of information is Persistent. This means protection rules travels with data and can’t be separated.

ADDS?– Active Directory Domain Services – Allows to manage network resources such as computers and users within network and integrates with DNS service of Active Directory.

ADFS?– Active Directory Federation Services – Used for federating the identity of user and based on WSFederation standards.

ADLDS?– Active Directory Light Directory Services – Similar to ADDS. Just based on LDAP standards.

Note: Azure AD is an extension to Active Directory. It should not be considered as a replacement to it.