Microsoft Azure Achieves HITRUST CSF Certification
03 January 2017
We’re excited and proud to announce that Microsoft Azure is one of the first hyper-scale cloud computing platforms to become HITRUST CSF Certified.
Identity & Access Management
Required practice for applications integrating with Azure Active Directory
03 October 2016
This post is a follow-up from our previous announcement of the August 15, 2016, Azure Active Directory certificate rollover. We will be increasing the frequency with which we roll over Azure Active Directory’s global signing keys.
Bletchley - release & roadmap - Cryplets deep dive
20 September 2016
In the introduction of Project Bletchley white paper in June, we introduced some of the requirements needed for building consortium based blockchains as well as Cryptlets, a primitive for next generation blockchain applications. Today, I'm proud to announce the release of Bletchley v1 and the next level of detail regarding the roadmap of features for Cryptlets.
Azure Active Directory B2C is now generally available in North America
27 July 2016
Today we are delighted to announce the general availability of Azure Active Directory B2C in North America.
Upcoming Azure Active Directory certificate rollover: August 15, 2016
18 July 2016
Back in May we announced Azure Active Directory would be rolling over the keys it uses to sign tokens. Today we're announcing the new rollover date will be Monday, August 15, 2016.
Guidance for Identity Management in Multitenant Applications
07 March 2016
The Microsoft Patterns & Practices group published new guidance on Identity Management for Multitenant Applications in Azure.
Cloud innovation for the year ahead: From infrastructure to innovation
27 January 2016
For years, there has been discussion on when the enterprise-cloud migration tipping point would be reached, and at last it appears it has happened. We saw several trends accelerate in 2015 which address some of the barriers to adoption. Cloud adoption is growing quickly around the world, and regional research backs this notion.
Easily enable identity and access management with social logins for B2C apps
11 January 2016
Check out our latest Microsoft Mechanics show featuring the new Azure AD B2C service.
Setup Azure Active Directory B2B collaboration for simplified resource sharing with external users
12 November 2015
On today’s Microsoft Mechanics show, our program manager for this service, Arvind Suthar, shows you how you can use Azure AD B2B collaboration to share app resources with a partner that has Azure Active Directory and share app resources with a partner that does not have Azure Active Directory.
Preview: Azure AD authentication
17 September 2015
Azure SQL Database now supports Azure Active Directory authentication in public preview, a mechanism of connecting to SQL Database by using identities in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).