I have a little confusion about directory sync which is used for AD azure integration.
1) Can anyone let me know, whether we can integrate complete on premises AD to
windows azure AD using this? Or only users and groups?
2) If directory sync will not be helpful for complete AD integration what
method will be used?
Can anyone let me know, whether we can integrate complete on-premises AD to windows azure AD using this ? or only users and groups?
Yes, your on-premises AD can be integrated with Azure AD (AAD) with AAD Connect tool. The integration needs prerequisites you can refer here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/connect/active-directory-aadconnect-prerequisites. It means not all the cases can be done. For example, if you need to use password writeback functionality, your on-premises AD domain controller must be at least Windows Server 2008. Another prerequisite is that if your on-premises is using single label domain, it is not supported. Best to check the link above before the integration.
IF directory sync will not be helpful for complete AD integartion what methord will be used ?
AAD Connect provides set of features to help you build a comprehensive hybrid identity between on-premises AD and AAD. However, if this doesn't meet your requirement, you can build some extensions programmatically to interact with AAD. I don't know your preferred programming language, but here is the Authentication Library (ADAL) which is pretty much preferred for AAD development https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/active-directory-authentication-libraries
AAD not only supports user and group sync, but also for custom attributes, filtering, password sync & writeback or so on. Remember AAD Connect is purposely for synchronization. It does not offer too much for AAD interaction (saying that you need to manage, add more attributes or retrieve user attributes, 3rd integration...)
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I have an on-premises Windows server 2022, which is running AD DS, NPS and DHCP. I also have Azure AD subscription, where my users are located. I would like to keep my users database (AD) in the cloud, since currently, I do not have any backup solutions and it is easier for me to manage. I want to have ieee 801.x on premises, as well as VPN service. Is it possible to force the NPS to authenticate against the Azure AD, where all my users are located? If yes, how can this be done?
I know that Azure AD Connect provides hybrid integration, but from what I read, it is only one way, i.e from on-premises AD to cloud synchronization, but not the other way around.
Yes, you are correct that the synchronization is only one-way and the workarounds currently are to use use PowerShell export/import or use a third-party tool. In the NPS article you linked, the on-premises users ultimately authenticate against Azure MFA. The NPS extension acts as an adapter between RADIUS and cloud-based Azure AD Multi-Factor Authentication to provide MFA for the federated or synced users. Your cloud users would just use regular Azure MFA without needing that adapter.
The most common workaround for the user writeback scenario is to create a PowerShell script that scans Azure AD regularly, finds the users in Azure, and then creates an on-premises user with the attributes in Azure AD.
The regular user writeback feature is on the roadmap and actively being worked on though. I've asked for an update from the PG and will edit this post once it is available.
For cloud VPN options, see: Azure AD Authentication - Open VPN.
can someone explain how access management on Azure differs from local on-prem Active Directory - DC? For example, on DC and AD we can have local security groups for application authentication and authorization and for share folders, but how this thing works in Azure for their SaaS and onedrive? Does Azure have the same security groups like AD has? Where can I learn more about this specific architecture?
Thanks!
Yep, it's called Azure Active Directory (AAD). Documentation is here. You can set up groups and policies similarly to how you would in an on-prem AD.
Here's a comparison of the two.
We have an Azure AD tenant and on-prem AD and use AD Connect to keep them in sync. I'm told that I can leverage Azure AD to implement PAM on-prem but can't find any approach on how to do this, step by step. We also do not want to use MIM since it's already at EOL and would like to avoid using another 3rd party tool.
On-prem it is no problem for us to set up the second bastion forest but we don't know how Azure AD would be able to work with this.
Thanks!
MIM (formerly Forefront Identity Manager, and Identity Lifecycle Manager before that) is a widely used service for managing user lifecycles and access rights in Active Directory.Right now, it is moving into well-earned retirement phase.
In simple terms, yes. It is no longer actively developed by Microsoft. Mainstream support for MIM ended in January 2021. Azure AD Premium customers can get extended support until 2026.
The closest replacement is, Azure AD. It has a range of features that enable simple identity and access management for internal and external users.
Azure AD is the closest substitute. By adding third-party tools you can easily replace all of MIM’s features, and add many new ones.
Note these functionalities are only available at the Azure AD Premium P2 license level.
Would suggest you follow this link to get it apply: https://www.predicagroup.com/blog/azure-ad-identity-governance/
Or you can reach out to their MS support for information or predicagorup support as well.
Here are the first steps to developing your MIM migration roadmap:
Review your MIM implementation. What are the key functionalities you use and need to migrate?
Reduce the dependency on MIM 2016 infrastructure by implementing the quick wins listed above
Consider Azure AD Identity Governance for simple governance of your cloud resources.
Enable SSO for on-premises and SaaS applications with Azure AD SSO
Evaluate Omada Identity for hybrid access governance. Start by introducing the key elements alongside your MIM implementation.
What am I missing here? I'm thinking of moving my data center to Azure. I've created a corporate virtual network that has my ADs, my certificates, basically the family jewels of the company that I'm trying to build in the cloud. I've plugged up every obvious security hole that I can think of except one: the login to the Azure Portal is just a simple user id/password. If someone picked off my Microsoft Live user id, all they need is a password cracker. And a disgruntled or dismissed employee could easily cause havoc. Is there some way to lock down the portal? Does anyone in the security business think these Azure web sites are secure?
You can use Azure AD to properly secure the portal authentication. Azure AD is designed to securely authenticate applications in the cloud and it is supported by the majority of Microsoft solutions like Azure Portal. It will provide features like MFA, access control, self-service password reset, etc.
Although Microsoft Accounts also support some of these features, you can't force your users to specific policies, that's why Azure AD is important for enterprise level security.
Once you create a directory for your company through Azure Portal and synchronize your AD objects with Azure AD using the AAD Connect tool you will be able to login to Azure Portal using your corporate credentials and force users to use Multi-factor authentication or even apply other policies.
Azure Active Directory features and capabilities
Azure Active Directory Hybrid Identity Design Considerations
Integrating your on-premises identities with Azure Active Directory
I am trying to make my way through a lot of Azure documentation on multitenant identity management, for a bespoke ASP.NET MVC SaaS site. It is difficult as it seems that a lot of the online examples and articles are now outdated and not applicable to latest VS templates, and other vague aspects, such as determining what is Preview and what is not. Also, MS tend to use the word "multitenant" when specifically dealing with partner companies who have their own Azure AD, which is not our case.
Our proposed system will offer a web application to different customers. The backend will have a separate db per customer (tenant). The front end will select which db connection (and probably use impersonation) depending on the logged in user. The identity management would preferably be offloaded to Azure ACS, so that in future if we want to integrate with corporations with their own Federation identity provider we can, but for those smaller companies that don't have their own domain, we want to create accounts on their behalf.
I am thinking that a good way to do this is by using Azure ACS (for federating with corporate customers) and a general Azure AD directory (for everyone else), where in the second case I create a group per tenant (customer). Then, in Azure ACS, I translate all claims, either the group from my own AD, or the company name from the federated identity provider, and use that in the MVC app to establish the tenant.
Is this an OK way to do it? Am I overlooking some standard, simple way that Azure already offers? Is this future proof wrt to the Azure roadmap?
for the latest multi tenant samples please see https://github.com/Azure-samples?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=multiten. We are about to release more documentation on how to handle multi tenancy in Azure AD. I would strongly advise against using ACS in any new project, given that we are no longer adding any features and we are actively working on migrating functionality from ACS to Azure AD. See http://blogs.technet.com/b/ad/archive/2015/02/12/the-future-of-azure-acs-is-azure-active-directory.aspx for more details.