Microsoft Azure AD
One of the core differentiations of Microsoft Azure compared to the other clouds in the market is its one-of-a-kind Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), an identity and access management solution that combines single-sign-on (SSO) capabilities to any cloud and on-premises applications with advanced protection. It gives a company’s employees, partners, and customers a single identity to access the applications they want and collaborate from any platform or device.
Azure AD is a highly secure identity and access management cloud solution that combines core directory services, advanced identity governance, and application access management that is built on Microsoft’s global presence. Extensive consumer experience is combined with powerful user behavior analysis and advanced machine learning technologies to create the Microsoft Security Intelligent graph that protects enterprises with features like conditional access control policies, identity protection, privilege identity management, and multi-factor authentications.
Azure AD empowers businesses without borders and lets them truly experience the plethora of benefits associated with Microsoft Azure, whether on a Windows server or SQL server.
Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD)
Microsoft Azure’s Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) offers fully managed desktop virtualization as a subscription service with multitenant in nature. The backend VDI infrastructure includes virtual machines that run desktop operation systems, hosted on Microsoft Azure. WVD then streams the virtual desktop image and applications to the end-users devices, including Windows, Mac, IOS, Android, or new HTML5. The main appeal is separating the computer environment from users’ devices, so the risk of confidential information being left on personal devices is greatly reduced.
Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) delivers the only multi-session Windows 10 experience with optimization on Office 365 ProPlus, and support for remote desktop service environments.
Other VDI solutions like Citrix and VMware can also be hosted on Azure to enjoy the best experience on Windows 10 and management planes of their choice. With WVD, enterprises can deploy and scale their Windows and apps on Microsoft Azure in minutes with built-in security and compliance.