If you are reading this guide, there is a good chance you are one of the more than 7,200 companies that are using Microsoft Azure Active Directory.
Azure Active Directory is a comprehensive identity and asset management solution for small, midsize, and enterprise companies.
You can integrate it with dozens of software that you are company is already using, including Reftab.
In this post, we’re taking a deep dive into how you can integrate Reftab and Azure AD as well as a handful of different use cases.
Let’s dive in.
- What is Azure Active Directory?
- How to connect Reftab with Azure Active Directory
- 4 use cases for integrating Reftab and Azure Active Directory
What is Azure Active Directory?
If you work in the IT department for an enterprise company that relies on Microsoft products, then you are likely well-versed in Azure Active Directory (a.k.a. Azure AD).
But, a quick refresher for anyone new to Azure AD, it is a cloud-based, enterprise access management software that you can use for single sign-on, manage user and group access and ensure full security and compliance across the entire company.
With single sign-on, this means that once an employee is authenticated in Office365, they can then access all of the company’s other SaaS software and custom web applications without having to authenticate each one individually.
Some added benefits of using Azure Ad are threat detection, identity protection, asset management (of devices and accounts), and security reports and monitoring.
How to connect Reftab with Azure Active Directory
If you are already using Reftab for asset management, then integrating Reftab and Azure AD is easy.
In fact, there are two ways you can integrate Azure AD. You can configure Reftab as a SAML application in your Azure AD environment to use with single sign-on. Here is a how-to article with step-by-step instructions.
Alternatively, you can set up SCIM with Azure AD. Check out this Knowledgebase article with step-by-step instructions.
Regardless of which route you take, you can add, delete, lock, or modify Reftab users along with creating and syncing user groups. This not only saves you time on administrative, repetitive tasks but it is also a security measure.
4 use cases for integrating Reftab and Azure Active Directory
Similar to our Okta integration, here are a few Azure AD use cases.
Make it easy for employees to sign into Reftab
Single sign-on not only saves time and is more convenient for your employees. It is also more secure for your company.
Once an employee is authenticated through Office365, they can access all of the company’s software—both cloud and custom applications—without having to log in to each app individually.
Not to mention, this cuts down on the number of login issues and password reset requests that can inundate your IT team. It is one secure password to remember instead of dozens of passwords that, let’s face it, are often reused across multiple sites or weak, easy-to-remember ones, like “abc123.”
Eliminate tedious user management tasks
An added benefit of syncing Azure AD and Reftab is it makes it easier to add, manage, and remove users between the two applications. You can also create and update user groups and individual account roles.
Secure all of your company’s IP and assets
The pandemic and the resulting explosion of work-from-home arrangements means IT departments have their hands full, ensuring the company’s devices, assets, and IP are secure.
When you have employees, independent contractors, and vendors accessing your company’s data from their home WiFi networks, personal smartphones, or working from coworking spaces and coffee shops, you can use single sign-on and multi-factor authentication to protect your company from security breaches.
Get comprehensive monitoring and reports
A big part of securing your company’s assets is also having detailed reports to be able to better track what users have access to what information, where assets are currently located and stay ahead of potential issues.
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In sum, these are a handful of ways that you can use our Azure AD integration to make it not only easier but more secure for your employees to access company assets and data.
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