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.

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.

According to the Azure blog, the capability will allow customers to enable the authentication capability for Windows Azure Active Directory (AD) that will identify and help secure access to Office ...

The two preview improvements -- multifactor authentication and the new Azure Active Directory PowerShell cmdlets -- actually go together conceptually.

News Azure Active Directory Gets 'Converged' Management for Authentication Methods By Kurt Mackie 05/11/2023 ...

Microsoft plans to end support for ACS in Azure Media Services on June 22, 2018, giving customers a year to update their code. Considering Azure Active Directory offers more “fine-grained access ...

Security upgrades lead the list of enhancements for a key storage service on Microsoft's public cloud platform. They come as a response to user feedback. Microsoft has updated its Azure SQL Data ...