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Published inSep 2016
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Jochen Nickel
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Jochen Nickel

Jochen Nickel is a Cloud, Identity and Access Management Solution Architect with a clear focus and in-depth technical knowledge of Identity and Access Management. He is currently working for inovit GmbH in Switzerland leading and executing projects in the field of Identity and Access Management including Data Classification and Information protection. Jochen is focused on Microsoft Technologies, especially in the Enterprise Mobility + Security Suite, Office 365 and Azure. He is an established speaker at many technology conferences like Azure Bootcamps, TrustInTech Meetups or the Experts Live Switzerland and Europe.
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Comparing AD FS against Azure B2B/B2C


In this section, we will provide you with some helpful information to help you differentiate between AD FS and the Azure B2B and B2C functionality. We used to have many discussions before the two services, Azure B2B and B2C, became available in the preview state. This section is divided in two areas:

  • Comparing AD FS versus Azure B2B

  • Comparing AD FS versus Azure B2C

Comparing ADFS versus Azure B2B

We will start with the main differences between AD FS and the Azure B2B scenario. With Azure B2B comes the capability to invite users from partner organizations to access applications on your own AAD instance. With AD FS, you could provide the same functionality with claims provider trusts to any partner organization based on AD FS.

However, you will hit the following differences:

  • With AD FS you, are very flexible and you can run any customized scenario

  • However, the following requirements need to be fulfilled:

    • Partner requires Federation Service

    • Certificate handling

    • Administrative...

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Published in: Sep 2016Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781785889448

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Jochen Nickel

Jochen Nickel is a Cloud, Identity and Access Management Solution Architect with a clear focus and in-depth technical knowledge of Identity and Access Management. He is currently working for inovit GmbH in Switzerland leading and executing projects in the field of Identity and Access Management including Data Classification and Information protection. Jochen is focused on Microsoft Technologies, especially in the Enterprise Mobility + Security Suite, Office 365 and Azure. He is an established speaker at many technology conferences like Azure Bootcamps, TrustInTech Meetups or the Experts Live Switzerland and Europe.
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