Mastering Identity and Access Management with Microsoft Azure

Chapter 13. Delivering Multi-Forest Hybrid Architectures

Today, it's common for organizations to drive several Active Directory forests, whether historically, to use a resource and account forest scenario, or to separate services from user accounts. Now that we have these environments, we have a clear need to discuss the different options available for synchronizing identities to the AAD and its usage with Office 365. In this chapter, we will discuss the three most commonly-used scenarios in the field and discuss the synchronization and authentication options you can use for designing a suitable and flexible IAM solution. Additionally, we will talk about the alternative login ID options and Azure Active Directory Authentication Libraries (ADAL ...