Microsoft released new tools and resources this week for Azure Active Directory, including more platforms in its Microsoft Authentication Library, a tool to check security best practices and an easier ...

Developers using Azure Active Directory 1.0 solutions used the Azure AD Authentication Library (ADAL). The new Microsoft Identity Platform instead uses the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL).

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 ...

Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) now allows admins to issue time-limited passcodes that can be used to register new passwordless authentication methods, during Windows onboarding, or to recover ...

In Azure AD, however, traditional pass-the-hash and relay attacks don’t work because Azure AD doesn’t use NTLM or Kerberos, which are the standard authentication protocols on Windows networks.

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.

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.

Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) now allows admins to issue time-limited passcodes that can be used to register new passwordless authentication methods, during Windows onboarding, or to recover ...