Microsoft Active Directory

Network administrators manage permissions and control access to network resources using the Microsoft Active Directory directory service. Active Directory uses objects categorized by their names and attributes to store users, groups, applications, and device data.

Microsoft Active Directory offers two types of SSO methods.

• OpenID Connect (OIDC): This open authentication protocol works on top of the Open Authorization (OAuth) 2.0 framework.

  For more information on OIDC SSO, see Set up Microsoft Entra ID with Open ID Connect Integration.

• Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML): This is an open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between an identity provider and a service provider.

  For more information on SAML Connect SSO, see Configure Microsoft Entra ID - SAML.