Windows Azure, the flexible and open cloud, is a step ahead by Microsoft in the cloud business. We have recently received the Windows Azure Active Directory, which industry analysts are suggesting to ...

Editor's note: An earlier version of this article, both in the July print issue and online, erroneously described how to connect an on-premise instance of Windows Server Active Directory to Windows ...

Microsoft is continuing its Windows Azure management improvements. The improvements are basic, and follow from Microsoft's addition of federation capabilities between Windows Azure and Windows Server, ...

Microsoft introduced new secure default settings dubbed 'Security Defaults' to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), now available for all license levels, including trial tenants. Since introducing the ...

In the coming months, Windows users and partners are going to be hearing a lot more about Windows Azure Active Directory, the "conceptual equivalent" of Microsoft's Active Directory directory service ...

A pair of flaws in Microsoft's Entra ID identity and access management system could have allowed an attacker to gain access ...

With the final release of Windows 10, the use of traditional Active Directory may be waning, and Azure AD on the rise. Here are some security concerns that need to be addressed when making the switch.

Microsoft rolled out previews of a number of its Windows Azure technologies earlier this year. In the past week-plus, the team has updated these previews with some new features. (Because these are ...

Microsoft on Thursday announced additional progress in its latest preview release of Windows Azure Active Directory (WAAD), which is the company's cloud-based identity service. The developer preview ...

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Windows Azure has been evolving steadily since its release in spring 2010, its pricing is now fairer, and useful third-party add-ons can be found in the Windows Azure Store. Today, Windows Azure can ...

Everyone knows by now that Microsoft is getting into the cloud business. But for a long time one of the biggest obstacles to corporate customers joining Microsoft on that move was the lack of an ...