Azure Active Directory
Get the reliability and scalability you need with identity services that work with your on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environment.
Enhance security, simplify access, and set smart policies with a single identity platform
Seamless, highly secure access
Connect your users with the apps they need using a frictionless experience across cloud, mobile, and on-premises apps.
Learn whyComprehensive identity protection
Protect user accounts and increase security with conditional access and ongoing threat detection and response.
Learn whyEfficient management and compliance at scale
Stay in control and reduce costs using automation, self-service, and policy enforcement.
Learn whyCustomer and partner identities
Connect and collaborate with your customers and partners easily and more securely without the extra overhead.
Learn whyIdentity platform for developers
Accelerate your app development and improve customer experience with authentication, single sign-on, user provisioning, and more.
Learn whyIdentity for IaaS (infrastructure as a service)
Save on identity infrastructure costs when you join Azure virtual machines to a domain without a domain controller or VPN connection.
Learn whyGet free single sign-on for up to 10 apps per user, 500,000 directory objects, and free access to premium features for 30 days

Startups, governments, and 90 percent of the Fortune 500 use Azure Active Directory.
Seamless, highly secure access
Connect users to the apps they need
Connect all your users with all your apps and data seamlessly. Unparalleled integration with Active Directory, Active Directory Federation Services, Office 365, and thousands of pre-integrated SaaS (software as a service) applications makes it easy to centralize identity on a single platform. Reduce friction and increase security with password-less authentication.


Comprehensive identity protection
Protect user accounts and increase security
Defend against today’s threats with enhanced security for identities and access based on user, location, device, data, and app context. Mitigate risk with cloud-powered machine learning and intelligent security signals from across Microsoft products that give insight to your identity policies.
Efficient management and compliance at scale
Stay in control and reduce costs
Automate workflows for user provisioning and lifecycle management to meet the needs of your growing organization. Deploy consistent policies and monitor access rights. Save time and resources with self-service account management.


Customer and partner identities
Your first 50,000 customers free
Connect and collaborate with customers and partners more easily and securely. Azure Active Directory B2C can be scaled and customized to your business needs, with the right level of security controls. Reduce overhead with identity provider integration and self-service capabilities.
Identity platform for developers
Accelerate development and elevate your app
Integrate your app with the Microsoft identity platform to help reach the world’s largest organizations and millions of users. Easily incorporate authentication and advanced security features to support your IT policies.


Identity for IaaS (infrastructure as a service)
Use managed domain services on Azure
Join Azure virtual machines to a domain, without having to deploy domain controllers or use a VPN. Migrate legacy apps from on-premises to Azure easily with Azure Active Directory Domain Services.
Azure Active Directory-supported applications
Simplify single sign-on with your choice of thousands of pre-integrated SaaS applications.
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Sync up your directories, connect your apps, and enable single sign-on and conditional access.