It's been a rough week for Microsoft users who have first- and third-party apps that rely on Azure Active Directory for authentication. Microsoft has published a root-cause analysis of its issues.

Microsoft announced public preview support for FIDO2 security keys in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to provide users with passwordless authentication capabilities, eliminating passwords out of ...

Microsoft is extending Azure Active Directory with two new authentication services for developers writing apps and services. AD B2C and AD B2B are in public preview now.

The seamless single sign-on capability is an addition to Azure AD Connect tool. Organizations using Azure AD Connect or password hash synchronization can test it. The new previews have some ...

Microsoft is bringing multifactor authentication (MFA) to organizations that manage Azure Active Directory tenancies.

Azure Active Directory authentication capabilities for IT pros using the Windows Admin Center in Azure management console are now commercially released at the 'general availability' stage, per a ...

Microsoft's transitions its cloud-based video management and streaming platform from a token-based authentication scheme to Azure Active Directory.

Secureworks researchers found what they say is a serious vulnerability in an Azure Active Directory authentication method, but Microsoft says it should not pose a serious risk to users.