We performed a comparison between Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is an all-in-one solution for cybersecurity and is available at a very low price."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"Active Directory makes managing user policies easier, like when a user wants to share files. We also use it to create and manage our email accounts."
"The solution’s management capability is very good. The tool is also very scalable. You can add any number of users that you want to operate. Moreover, you can easily organize the solution."
"The product is very stable and flexible. You can also integrate the solution with other products like mail solutions."
"Active Directory is more flexible and feature-rich than Apache."
"It's useful in bringing order to the system."
"The most valuable feature is the configured appliance system in Hypervisor."
"The most valuable feature is the single sign-on, which allows any application that is SAML or OAuth compatible to use Azure as an identity provider for seamless sign-in."
"The tool's most valuable feature is conditional access."
"It's pretty easy to implement."
"Conditional access is a very important feature where a specific user can be restricted such that they cannot connect to the application if they travel outside of the US."
"It is a central point where we provide the cloud lock-in for our company. We focus the multi-factor authentication within Azure AD before jumping to other clouds or software as a service offerings. So, it is the central point when you need to access something for our company within the cloud. You go to Azure AD and can authenticate there, then you move from there to the target destination or the single sign-on."
"Active Directory itself is the best feature it has. It also gives us a single pane of glass for managing user access."
"Privileged Identity Management and Privileged Identity Management make controlling access considerably easier and ensure that authorized access is achieved."
"Let's say we decide that our users need to have MFA, multi-factor authentication. It is very easy to implement that with Azure Active Directory."
"There is room for improvement."
"If you are using the Active Directory, the main concern is that the policy is restricted to the specific local area network."
"The scalability of the solution needs improvement."
"The security features could be improved."
"It could be more scalable. We still need another software solution to monitor the network in addition to Active Directory and OpManager, our domain controller. We use SolarWinds."
"Active Directory's user experience is a little dated. Group policy management should be more customizable."
"There are no reporting features."
"There is room for improvement in the support."
"The downside of using a single password to access the entire system is that if those credentials are compromised, the hacker will have full access."
"ESAE management, especially the admin tools, could be improved. It should be built in by the vendor, and I shouldn't have to add patches or updates to connect to my domain directly. It should be added by default. The price could be better."
"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."
"The documentation, and the way that people are notified of updates, are things that can be improved. I'm a big fan of Microsoft products but the way they document is not that great."
"To look at more documentation, engineering, or an open standard would be nice."
"When it comes to identity governance, the governance features in Azure AD are very focused on Microsoft products. I would like to see those governance and life cycle management features offered for non-Microsoft products connected to Azure AD."
"Microsoft is working with Microsoft Identity Manager for Active Directory on-premise. It will be very important to have these identity management solutions directly in Azure Active Directory. It's very important to have some kind of Azure identity manager as a technology for identity and access management for working both in the cloud and inside the Azure suite."
"I would rate it an eight out of ten. The price plays a factor in the rating."
Microsoft Active Directory is ranked 7th in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 36 reviews while Microsoft Entra ID is ranked 1st in Single Sign-On (SSO) with 190 reviews. Microsoft Active Directory is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Entra ID is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Active Directory writes "A solution that easily merges with cloud-based ADs and provides superior data security". 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". Microsoft Active Directory is most compared with Ping Identity Platform, Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, ManageEngine ADManager Plus and Auth0, 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 Microsoft Active Directory vs. Microsoft Entra ID report.
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