It is a comprehensive identity and access management solution that gives you a robust set of capabilities to manage users and groups. You can get the reliability and scalability you need with identity services that work with your on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environment.
Azure Active Directory is a tool in the Authentication category of a tech stack.
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A set of unified APIs and tools that instantly enables Single Sign On and user management to all your applications.
It is an Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services. It adds authentication to applications and secure services with minimum fuss. No need to deal with storing users or authenticating users. It's all available out of the box.
JSON Web Token is an open standard that defines a compact and self-contained way for securely transmitting information between parties as a JSON object. This information can be verified and trusted because it is digitally signed.
It is an authorization framework that enables a third-party application to obtain limited access to an HTTP service, either on behalf of a resource owner by orchestrating an approval interaction between the resource owner and the HTTP service, or by allowing the third-party application to obtain access on its own behalf.
Centreon, Nuclino, Celoxis, ProdPad, Azure HDInsight and 7 more are some of the popular tools that integrate with Azure Active Directory. Here's a list of all 12 tools that integrate with Azure Active Directory.
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