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SAP on Azure Implementation Guide

You're reading from   SAP on Azure Implementation Guide Move your business data to the cloud

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Product type Book
Published in Feb 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838983987
Pages 242 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Bartosz Jarkowski Bartosz Jarkowski
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Nick Morgan Nick Morgan
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Identity and access management

User directory software has been used in various forms since the birth of computing. The idea was developed in the early 1980s, and now one of the most commonly used directory services is Windows Active Directory, which was released in 1999.

20 years is a long time in the IT industry, and while Microsoft has always innovated with its products over time, the rise of cloud computing and cloud services has significantly changed organizational requirements in the area of access management. Currently, companies often rely on software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, like Office 365 or Salesforce, where they don't have to maintain infrastructure and users access the application over the internet instead of the local network.

It may sound like a little change, but in fact it has a big impact on authentication and user management. The traditional IT landscape partially relied on the physical access. Only if you entered the company...

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