Microsoft Entra ID is a great identity solution.
Updated June 08, 2024
Microsoft Entra ID is a great identity solution.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Entra ID
I help administer the identity use cases for Microsoft Entra ID. We use it as our primary identity in a hybrid configuration with our on-prem Active Directory. This also provides the base for our Office 365 products.
Pros
- Foundation for O365.
- Mechanism for modern authentication (SSO, SAML, OAuth, OIDC).
- Feature-rich with controls like Conditional Access to enforce MFA and other access restrictions to company applications.
Cons
- I would like to see more low-code automation options.
- Default options need to be set more restrictive to prevent accidentally relaxed security settings.
- I would like to see more streamlined configuration pages. Many similar or related settings are scattered across different pages.
- Have been able to modernize SSO from ADFS to save on configuration and server management.
- Modernize MFA options over legacy onprem solutions and replace other products/expenses.
- Seamlessly expand AD into the public cloud space to use established identities for those use cases.
We use Active Directory for our underlying identity and integrate Entra ID into that. We have on-prem data centers as well as public cloud configurations using these technologies to underpin our identity.
We use Entra ID as our primary means of integrating our identity with many products, both legacy on-prem as well as other cloud SaaS solutions. This allows SSO and Multifactor abilities to monitor and protect.
Cloud products like Workday and Salesforce work well with Entra ID as well as on-prem versions of Jira and Confluence.
User experience is streamlined by the use of Entra ID to protect our applications and provide SSO features that users expect.
Okta appears to be a capable product, but if you are using O365 or Azure, the licensing doesn't make sense.
Do you think Microsoft Entra ID delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Microsoft Entra ID's feature set?
Yes
Did Microsoft Entra ID live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Microsoft Entra ID go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Microsoft Entra ID again?
Yes
Microsoft Entra ID Feature Ratings
Using Microsoft Entra ID
5000 - This is used to manage our user identity. Identity is to control access to most applications that are used by out users. There are many related features like Conditional Access that enforce policies for applications like devices, location, multi factor and other similar controls.
10 - We have a team that manages the infrastructure behind our identity platforms that combines onprem AD with our Entra ID environment.
- User Identity
- Access Controls
- Application SSO
- SSO
- MFA
- Enable application SSO
- AI Security Controls
Evaluating Microsoft Entra ID and Competitors
- Integration with Other Systems
Licensing to bundle Microsoft 365 with Entra ID is very compelling.
Review other providers features and licensing as it would relate to Microsoft 365.
Microsoft Entra ID Implementation
- Implemented in-house
Change management was a minor issue with the implementation - Often the hardest part of implantations like these is to identity where impacts are and working with teams to help minimize negative impacts.
- Communication
- Instructions for configurating MFA
Microsoft Entra ID Training
Configuring Microsoft Entra ID
Just spend some time reading thru Microsoft learn articles and do some testing for pilot user groups.
Some - we have done small customizations to the interface - The only customization we've done is inserting some company logos in place of the default Microsoft logos.
No - we have not done any custom code
Microsoft Entra ID Support
Pros | Cons |
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Kept well informed Support cares about my success | Slow Resolution |
We get premium support as part of our bundle Microsoft licensing agreement.
When we leverage resources that can give us more customized support like MTC we've have access to resources that do provide exceptional expertise.
Using Microsoft Entra ID
Pros | Cons |
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Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using | None |
- Syncing your onprem AD identity
- Configuring Basic Conditional Access policies to enforce MFA
- More advanced Conditional Access polices are complex
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