Active Directory

Azure Active Directory Basic Available Now

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Microsoft announced today the Azure AD Basic is available.  It includes four additional features not available in Azure AD Free version.

Company branding to match your internal LAN’s styling and logo.

Group-based application access for your cloud hosted apps.  With the ability to query your own directory to build and populate groups or build them in Azure.

Self-service password reset to allow users the ability to reset their own passwords without contacting IT.

SLA 99.9% (3 Nines) guaranteed uptime of 99.9%.  That equals: 1m 26.4s/day or 10m 4.8s/w or 43m 49.7s/mo or 8h 45m 57s/y.

Azure Active Directory Basic is now GA! - Active Directory Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Azure Active Directory Sync – Beta 2 Details

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Azure AD Sync Beta 2 includes new features, scenarios, troubleshooting tools and improves stability.

New in Beta 2

    • Selective synchronization which enables you to only sync attributes required for the services you want to enable
    • AD password reset with multi-forests
    • Exchange hybrid deployment in multi-forests environments which enables you to have mailboxes in Office 365 as well as in your on-premises exchange

Sign up for the beta here.

Azure AD Sync Optional Features
Azure AD Selective Sync

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More details can be read in Alex Simons post on the TechNet Blog