We performed a comparison between Azure Key Vault and Microsoft Entra ID based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Microsoft Security Suite solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It allows me to run applications using these certificates without directly installing them."
"We only use the basic features and those are the ones that have the ability to tie into the app, the secrets, and the passwords and encrypt them."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Key Vault is the secret storage of data."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the search for secrets feature that we use to store our passwords and connection strings."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. It only took a few minutes."
"The tool is highly secure and very easy to manage."
"It stores sensitive information in an encrypted way. We don't have to worry about data loss or data theft because no one can see our information."
"This solution speeds up the product development life cycle. That is, the time from the development of the product to the time to market is drastically reduced because of the CI/CD pipelines. You can have your code deployed within a matter of minutes."
"A couple of features are valuable, but the one that comes across the most to me is multi-factor authentication."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to act as an identity provider for other cloud-based, SaaS applications. In our bank, this is the main identity provider for such features."
"I like Intune's MDM and MI."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Entra ID are the login and the conditional access pieces."
"The most valuable features in Active Directory are the password writeback product and the MDM technology."
"If you want to replicate a website at the frontend in Azure, it's very easy to do it globally."
"It has things like conditional access. For example, if someone is accessing sensitive information, then we could force them to do multi-factor authentication. Therefore, we can stop access if it is coming from a location that we did not expect."
"The features around permissions are excellent."
"The voucher access policy can be improved by configuring it based on groups, rather than just applications or users."
"We encountered a few problems where Azure had infrastructure problems like the DMS."
"There are additional charges for data transfers. However, the pricing is mostly reasonable for the licensing overall."
"To make it a ten the setup should be more streamlined."
"The big problem with Azure Key Vault is key rotation. We haven't found a good way to synchronize the credentials between the databases and Key Vault."
"If multiple clouds are to be used it can be difficult and a third party should assist in the implementation."
"Inability to access the solution on the phone."
"The integration with Thales HSM is complex and is not out-of-the-box. Uploading the keys was quite a tedious process."
"I want to see more features to improve security, such as integrated user behavior analysis."
"I want to be able to identify the audiences effectively and manage them."
"Sometimes, what one customer may like, another may not like it. We have had customers asking, "Why is Microsoft forcing us to do this?" For example, when you use Exchange Server on-premise, then you can customize it for your company and these customizations are unlimited. However, if you use Exchange Online or with Microsoft 365, then your ability to make modifications is limited. So, only the cloud versus is limited."
"The workflow management for registering new applications and users could be improved."
"The security policy of Azure Active Directory should be based on a matrix so that we can easily visualize which users have access to what."
"Having more training would be quite helpful."
"I would like it to be easier to integrate third-party applications."
"The robustness of the conditional access feature of the zero trust strategy to verify users is adequate but not comprehensive."
Azure Key Vault is ranked 11th in Microsoft Security Suite with 46 reviews while Microsoft Entra ID is ranked 4th in Microsoft Security Suite with 190 reviews. Azure Key Vault is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Entra ID is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Azure Key Vault writes "Allows us to securely store our keys to prevent unauthorized access to unwanted users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Entra ID writes "Saves us time and money and features Conditional Access policies, SSPR, and MFA". Azure Key Vault is most compared with AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault, AWS Certificate Manager and Bitwarden, whereas Microsoft Entra ID is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Google Cloud Identity, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Ping Identity Platform and Okta Workforce Identity. See our Azure Key Vault vs. Microsoft Entra ID report.
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