{"id":36551,"date":"2022-12-20T00:33:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T19:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/?p=36551"},"modified":"2022-12-21T22:26:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T16:56:40","slug":"understanding-the-azure-active-directory-licensing-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/en_us\/azure\/understanding-the-azure-active-directory-licensing-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the Azure Active Directory Licensing Model"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Active Directory (AD) helps businesses to manage users, groups and components within their network. So, you can assign users to groups, and assign each of those groups access to specific network resources, devices and apps. This ability to control access at a variety of levels gives businesses the freedom to distribute resources to specific subgroups, which is critical for resource management as well as compliance and regulation.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>

Every Active Directory service is not designed identically. For example, the Active Directory services, Windows Server Active Directory, let businesses deal with the internal assets and user integrity all through the business network. On the other hand, the Azure Active Directory<\/a><\/span> is built with cloud services.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What is Azure Active Directory\u00a0<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Azure Active Directory (AAD) allows you to manage identity (users, groups, etc.) and control access to apps, devices, and data via cloud.\u202fThis implies that both access and identity are managed entirely from the cloud. Moreover, all your services and cloud apps will utilize Azure AD. \u202fIt\u2019s important to note that Azure AD is immediately valuable for Microsoft apps, but it can be used to power the identity and access controls of your entire organization. Many organizations build a hybrid AD system using both Azure AD and another on-premise AD (typically Windows Active Directory.)\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Azure Active Directory vs Windows Active Directory\u00a0<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Azure Active Directory required to manage identity across Windows, Azure, and web apps.\u202fThis directory can be thought of as a service present existing outside of the Windows Server Active Directory network.\u202fThe Windows Server Active Directory offers domain services, federation services, lightweight directory services etc. to handle network policy, identity, and servers on business networks.\u202f. On the other hand, the Azure Active Directory is built with web apps.\u00a0<\/p>

The significance of Azure AD is high when we talk about cloud apps and resources. On-site Active Directory services, such as Windows Server Active Directory is suitable for handling SSO, identity, etc. within your network, but they can\u2019t handle the complexity identity for cloud apps. Azure AD will handle your cloud Active Directory and Windows Server AD will handle your on-premise Active Directory.\u00a0<\/p>

Both directories are important for managing access and control for your user and group.\u202fAzure AD is especially valuable for organizations that have already moved apps to the cloud and are dealing with multiple user\/password issues due to their current Active Directory being unable to handle the migration.\u00a0<\/p>

It\u2019s important to note the enterprise protocol languages are different for Azure AD and windows server AD. The Windows Server AD utilizes LDAP, Kerberos, etc., whereas Azure AD utilizes Rest APIs and\u202fOAuth 2.0 tokens.\u202f So, it implies that apps should be built with the help of Azure AD.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Different Types of Azure Active Directory Licensing<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Below are the different types of AAD licensing options:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Azure Active Directory Free <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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