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."The user interface of the product is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Active Directory is the group policies."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is an easy-to-use tool."
"It's useful in bringing order to the system."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"The most valuable features are it is easy to use, manage, create a repository, and create the OM."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Active Directory are the management of user and group policies."
"The user-friendliness of Microsoft Active Directory is a valuable feature."
"We haven't had any problems with stability. Everything works fine."
"Having access to Azure Active Directory on the cloud gives us speed and use of the latest technology. The application services are very good, such as GitHub."
"I like Entra's ability to integrate the Active Directory with third-party solutions. It's straightforward. I like the ability to define third-party systems and make the AD the primary identity provider."
"Coming from a traditional on-premises Active Directory infrastructure, it is purely a SaaS platform. It is global. It is evergreen. It is always evolving. It is core to the Microsoft Ecosystem."
"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."
"The solution is free to use and you can use it for every service."
"It offers good Microsoft integration capabilities."
"It can be used to grant access at a granular level. It provides secure access and many ways to offer security to your user resources. It provides a good level of security for any access on Azure. It gives you options like multi-factor authentication where apart from your password, you can use other factors for authentication, such as a code is sent to your phone or the authenticator app that you can use login."
"The DNS services could improve in Microsoft Active Directory."
"The product's premium support services could be less expensive."
"They should improve the solution's old computer cleanup tool."
"There is room for improvement in the support."
"Microsoft Active Directory restricts most of the features our company's employees want to use since they are involved in research and development activities."
"The cloud service of Microsoft Active Directory is an area with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"The solution's price could be better."
"I would like to see more integration with cloud-based applications. This would make it easier to manage users and devices across multiple platforms."
"The synchronization between my AD and Azure AD needs improvement."
"Better deployment management and visibility functionality would be helpful."
"When you fix the rules and permissions, working directly on the manifest, you really need to have in-depth knowledge. If there were a graphical user interface to update the manifest, that would be good."
"I would like to see improvements made when it comes to viewing audit logs, sign-in logs, and resource tags."
"One thing that bothers me about Azure AD is that I can't specify login hours. I have to use an on-premises instance of Active Directory if I want to specify the hours during which a user can log in. For example, if I want to restrict login to only be possible during working hours, to prevent overtime payments or to prevent lawsuits, I can't do this using only Azure AD."
"Azure AD needs to be more in sync. The synchronization can be time-consuming."
"The only issue is the OU is not properly synced. Therefore, you have to do a manual sync sometimes or you might lose the connector due to AD Connect or sync servers."
"I want to see more features to improve security, such as integrated user behavior analysis."
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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