Microsoft Entra ID, previously known as Azure AD (Active Directory), is Microsoft's cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) solution. Designed to help organizations of all sizes manage user identities and create an intelligent security perimeter around their cloud and on-premise resources. Microsoft Entra ID or Azure AD is integral to the Microsoft 365 and Azure ecosystems. It provides a robust set of capabilities to manage users and groups and secure access to applications in a centralized, streamlined manner.
Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) is a login system, morphing into a sophisticated identity and access management (IAM) solution for the modern, hybrid workplace. Imagine a single vault for all your digital keys – that's the essence of Entra ID's identity management. It acts as a central repository for user identities, encompassing usernames, passwords, and even additional attributes like department or employee role.
These capabilities enabled simplified administration using a unified platform for adding, modifying, and deleting user accounts. Users no longer need to remember login credentials for a plethora of applications. Entra ID streamlines access by using the same identity across various cloud services and on-premises resources (if integrated). Centralized identity management allows for stricter enforcement of security policies and password complexity requirements across the organization.
Authentication sits at the heart of the solution, ensuring only authorized users gain access to sensitive resources. It employs a multi-pronged approach:
For organizations with on-premises infrastructure, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) offers hybrid identity options. This allows for a smooth integration between on-premises Active Directory and Entra ID, providing a consistent identity for users across both environments. It enables organizations to leverage their existing investments in on-premises infrastructure while taking advantage of cloud scalability and flexibility.
In conclusion, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) is a comprehensive IAM solution that addresses the complex challenges of managing and securing identities in a cloud-centric world. Its blend of ease of use, security, and integration capabilities makes it an essential component of modern IT infrastructure, supporting both operational efficiency and strategic business objectives.
The licensing cost is a bit prohibitive.
Licensing is easy.
The licensing cost is a bit prohibitive.
Licensing is easy.
Microsoft Sentinel is a scalable, cloud-native, security information event management (SIEM) and security orchestration automated response (SOAR) solution that lets you see and stop threats before they cause harm. Microsoft Sentinel delivers intelligent security analytics and threat intelligence across the enterprise, providing a single solution for alert detection, threat visibility, proactive hunting, and threat response. Eliminate security infrastructure setup and maintenance, and elastically scale to meet your security needs—while reducing IT costs. With Microsoft Sentinel, you can:
It comes with a Microsoft subscription which the customer has, so they don't have to invest somewhere else.
The licensing requirements are not very clear from the outset.
It comes with a Microsoft subscription which the customer has, so they don't have to invest somewhere else.
The licensing requirements are not very clear from the outset.
Zabbix is a comprehensive monitoring solution that is widely used across various industries. Its primary use case is for monitoring infrastructure, including physical, virtual, and network aspects.
Zabbix helps organizations by providing valuable metrics for preventive maintenance and capacity planning, proactive monitoring and alerting, monitoring a wide range of hardware equipment, optimizing work processes, improving customer experiences, enabling remote appointments with visual communication, and providing an overview of bandwidth consumption.
With Zabbix, organizations can conveniently monitor network metrics in one place, saving time and improving efficiency.
It’s free of cost.
It is a true open-source solution, so there are no licensing costs.
It’s free of cost.
It is a true open-source solution, so there are no licensing costs.
New Relic is a versatile tool that can be customized to fit the needs of different organizations. Its primary use cases include performance monitoring, time series analysis, infrastructure monitoring, synthetic monitoring of APIs, and providing insight into UI performance. New Relic APM is a popular application monitoring tool that provides in-depth observability of an application's performance, including database queries, website response times, and page load times.
If it’s the right tool, it doesn’t matter what it costs because you’re going to get it back many-fold from your productivity.
New Relic is either free with low retention and minimal functionalities, or expensive with full options and retention.
If it’s the right tool, it doesn’t matter what it costs because you’re going to get it back many-fold from your productivity.
New Relic is either free with low retention and minimal functionalities, or expensive with full options and retention.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a comprehensive security solution that provides advanced threat protection for cloud workloads. It offers real-time visibility into the security posture of cloud environments, enabling organizations to quickly identify and respond to potential threats. With its advanced machine learning capabilities, Microsoft Defender for Cloud can detect and block sophisticated attacks, including zero-day exploits and fileless malware.
I'm not privy to that information, but I know it's probably close to a million dollars a year.
We are using the free version of the Azure Security Center.
I'm not privy to that information, but I know it's probably close to a million dollars a year.
We are using the free version of the Azure Security Center.
Azure Firewall is a user-friendly, intuitive, cloud-native firewall security solution that provides top-of-the-industry threat protection for all your Azure Virtual Network resources. Azure Firewall is constantly and thoroughly analyzing all traffic and data packets, making it a very valuable and secure fully stateful firewall as a service with built-in high availability and unrestricted cloud scalability. Azure Firewall allows users to create virtual IP addresses and provides for secure DDoS protection for the virtual machines on your network. It also provides fast and efficient east-west and north-south traffic security.
Azure Firewall is a managed, cloud-based network security service built to protect your Azure Virtual Network resources. It is a fully stateful firewall as a service with built-in high availability and unrestricted cloud scalability.
Azure Firewall is quite an expensive product.
The licensing module is good.
Azure Firewall is quite an expensive product.
The licensing module is good.
Azure Front Door is a global, scalable entry-point that uses the Microsoft global edge network to create fast, secure, and widely scalable web applications. With Front Door, you can transform your global consumer and enterprise applications into robust, high-performing personalized modern applications with contents that reach a global audience through Azure.
It is on a pay-as-you-go basis.
The solution is expensive.
It is on a pay-as-you-go basis.
The solution is expensive.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a comprehensive security solution that provides protection for cloud-based applications and services. It offers real-time threat detection and response, as well as advanced analytics and reporting capabilities. With Defender for Cloud Apps, organizations can ensure the security of their cloud environments and safeguard against cyber threats. Whether you're running SaaS applications, IaaS workloads, or PaaS services, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps can help you secure your cloud environment and protect your business from cyber threats.
We have an educational licensing agreement. It's a customer agreement for multiple years.
This product is not expensive.
We have an educational licensing agreement. It's a customer agreement for multiple years.
This product is not expensive.
Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) provides centralized protection of your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities. Web applications are increasingly targeted by malicious attacks that exploit commonly known vulnerabilities. SQL injection and cross-site scripting are among the most common attacks.
We have an enterprise agreement with Microsoft and the pricing is good.
The price is for this solution is fair and there is a license needed.
We have an enterprise agreement with Microsoft and the pricing is good.
The price is for this solution is fair and there is a license needed.
Kaseya VSA (Virtual System Administrator) is a cloud-based IT management software that provides a comprehensive set of IT management tools for small and mid-sized businesses, including remote monitoring and management, help desk ticketing, patch management, and automated IT processes.
The pricing is quite good and we are satisfied with it.
I think it costs more than ManageEngine.
The pricing is quite good and we are satisfied with it.
I think it costs more than ManageEngine.
ConnectWise Automate is an IT management tool that helps deliver IT services at the speed of business. Our remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform provides powerful automation to discover & manage devices, monitor for problems, and automate action. Deliver streamlined reactive and proactive managed services, stop putting out fires, and start focusing on what matters most. See why over 5,500 partners worldwide chose ConnectWise Automate by visiting ConnectWise.com or calling 877-522-8323.
Pricing and licensing are reasonable.
From what I've overheard, it is pretty comparable to other solutions in terms of price.
Pricing and licensing are reasonable.
From what I've overheard, it is pretty comparable to other solutions in terms of price.
Autotask Endpoint Management is everything you need from an RMM solution, and it is all managed On Autotask’s customizable dashboards.
AEM is a lot more scalable as you just pay per agent instead of having to purchase expensive licenses.
AEM is a lot more scalable as you just pay per agent instead of having to purchase expensive licenses.
We believe the future of global identity will not be centralized in a single company or government, but rather a trust fabric of centralized and decentralized approaches. Open standards like those found in Entra Verified ID, will be required to ensure interoperability. We will leverage Microsoft’s existing penetration into F500 and governments to bootstrap and then extend from our 500M user footprint to 9B+. By leading the way, we can become the preferred provider that builds on Microsoft Entra ID's best-in-class security and compliance to now include best-in-class verifiability and privacy.
Enhance your TeamViewer experience and take your IT management to the next level. TeamViewer Remote Management provides you with an integrated RMM solutions that will allow you to gain a high degree of visibility into your IT infrastructure. Monitor business critical aspects of your IT, centralize important device information without relying on end-user input, detect and patch software vulnerabilities, and protect your devices against external threats and human error – Completely integrated in to your TeamViewer environment.
Its price is a little high as compared to other solutions.
Our licenses for TeamViewer Remote Management are being managed directly by our procurement team. If we need more licenses they handle it.
Its price is a little high as compared to other solutions.
Our licenses for TeamViewer Remote Management are being managed directly by our procurement team. If we need more licenses they handle it.
The unified auditing functionality in Microsoft 365 provides organizations with visibility into many types of audited activities across many different services in Microsoft 365. Advanced Audit helps organizations to conduct forensic and compliance investigations by increasing audit log retention required to conduct an investigation, providing access to crucial events that help determine scope of compromise, and faster access to Office 365 Management Activity API.
Comodo Remote Monitoring and Management (CRMM) allows Managed Service Providers to have a comprehensive perceivability and control over the system that they oversee. It includes endpoint checking and alerts with quick remote desktop sharing, professional service automation, powerful strategy and interface for job creation, ticketing etc. As said above Comodo Remote Monitoring enhances the proficiency of their work processes and provide quality service to clients.
Ixia, recently acquired by Keysight Technologies, provides testing, visibility, and security solutions, strengthening applications across physical and virtual networks for enterprises, service providers, and network equipment manufacturers. Ixia offers companies trusted environments in which to develop, deploy, and operate. Customers worldwide rely on Ixia to verify their designs, optimize their performance, and ensure protection of their networks to make their applications stronger.