Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Microsoft Azure Active Directory or Azure AD) is a cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) solution supporting restricted access to applications with Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) built-in, single sign-on (SSO), B2B collaboration controls, self-service password, and integration with Microsoft productivity and cloud storage (Office 365, OneDrive, etc) as well as 3rd party services.
Selecting Microsoft Entra ID is a good choice over Okta if you already utilize parts of the Microsoft Suite. It is a solid competitor and if your business is already paying for Microsoft products, why not use it? Okta is a great competitor, but simply already using Microsoft …
Okta may be somewhat more advanced in terms of function, but the cost to do so, and the added complexity in choosing that path make it an easy decision for us to stay with Microsoft. Other than Okta, Microsoft functionality is very strong against all other contenders.
Microsoft seems to be the better service for cloud identity syncing and is still a leader in this realm. Their service is reliable, and we use it with all of our clients. Compared to Okta, the cost is more affordable and they include a lot of services in the Microsoft licensing …
Microsoft Entra ID makes it so easy and seamless to manage an environment full of Microsoft apps, that it didn't make much sense to deploy another option. If we were heavily invested in the Google platform, then it might make sense to use a Google offering for SSO.
I was not part of the research or decision-making (evaluation) of Okta vs Entra ID. In fact, we are currently utilizing both products at this time, so I'm not quite sure you really need to select one over the other. Having so many companies and differences between them, …
Because Microsofts Azure AD works flawless with the ERP system that we implement, which is also from Microsoft.
Secondly Microsofs Azure AD is more intuitive than Google's Cloud Platform or Amazon's Web Services.
I can honestly say that the most mature cloud platform is …
We haven't really tried any other modern directory services, with the exception of on-prem AD, so not really got a comparison. Although Okta (SSO) was tested a couple of years ago by another department but it didn't gain traction. And we used to use SecureAuth (MFA) but it …
Okta has no chance to compete with Microsoft Entra ID's features. Also the usability of microsoft products and user management is easier when you have one product that does almost everything.
We reviewed Okta for identity management, but as we are an educational institution and receive a decent discount on Microsoft products, the price of Entra was hard to beat. Okta did have many of the features we were needing but the price just couldn't be matched.
We were already using Microsoft services at the time of purchase to Entra ID was very well suited and easy to integrate with other Microsoft services like exchange, active directory and system center products, overall we utilized a lot of services and offering related to Entra …
Well, before we were in the cloud, we used our active directory, so yeah. To be quite honest, I've always been using Microsoft, so that's all I really know.
Because our customer base has a lot of use cases where they need Entra ID because they have their own Azure products, so it kind of came with the bag of customers that we have that we need.
We are using Microsoft Entra ID for the 200 licenses we have and we use okta for 400 user and the rest is in Keycloak. From user's perspective, the Microsoft Entra ID is mile ahead of the other two as it is built for that purpose, from the Support perspective, it is also much …
The Microsoft Entra ID reaches to height in comparison to other applications of Google cloud console and Amazon Web Services due to its amazing feature of provisioning and Microsoft Graph APIs. Plus ease of implementation of single sign on feature to different apps as an …
While I have a very limited experience with the products above, I can say for sure that Microsoft Entra ID stands out in leveraging its native integration with Windows AD instances throughout the organizations and hence has taken precedence over all these products for this …
We evaluated RSA SecurID and Okta as alternative authentication options before choosing Microsoft Entra ID. The combination of biometric authentication and MFA with Microsoft Entra ID's identity management boosted our financial security compared to other options with similar …
We had implemented Okta previously and had a great experience with it. I was not involved in the setup or admin but did deal with end user support during that time. We made the move to azure AD since it made the most sense for our environment, and to have fewer spices in the …
It is well suited for creating and updating and deleting employee attributes through Azure AD provisioning. But there can be some scenarios such as installation of provisioning agent documentation can be improved with proper screenshots. This will help consultants better in further implementations in future. The integration perspective is good but still the documentation available has scope of improvement.
Microsoft Entra ID's biometric authentication improves security and streamlines user access through facial recognition and fingerprint scanning, which are reliable and practical.
Users can easily confirm their identities using biometrics, smart cards, or PINs, increasing security without disrupting business operations.
Microsoft Entra ID provides us with a thorough security comprehension by allowing us to effectively manage user identities, regulate access entitlements, and track authentication events.
In an Office 365 environment Entra ID is part of the package, it makes life easier compared to a traditional active directory.
It’s feature rich, packed with analytics and security features to protect users from being compromised, it can be costly to equip all users with the extra features but is well worth the time saved and the extra features to avoid potential security breaches that can be costly for companies.
The SSO features and integration into 3rd party applications is something that interests us, but a lot of our specialist software doesn’t support it, but it’s currently being developed so that will be another feature we will be using in the future.
I think it can be hard to manage, but only because it is so big. Any time you have a lot you can do the management of it gets harder. They do a good job making it good to use and document the product very well.
I have not needed to engage support for anything at this time. I have been able to find the answers either online or in a knowledgebase. I tried to skip the question but it would not let me, so I rated a 9 based on other interactions with Microsoft support I have had
Make sure you use a good partner. Our implementation was a bit longer and more problematic than we expected. Our partner got it done, but, in my opinion, some of their inexperience and staffing issues were evident.
Microsoft seems to be the better service for cloud identity syncing and is still a leader in this realm. Their service is reliable, and we use it with all of our clients. Compared to Okta, the cost is more affordable and they include a lot of services in the Microsoft licensing plans. This makes it the better option for most cases.
Microsoft Professional Services' technical knowledge is appreciable as consultants design the solution as per customer requirements. Mapping of features per user specifications and assisting Customer IT engineers to implement so they can manage and administer the services.
I believe that the reduction in requests for lost access passwords has been considerably reduced by 20%.
There has been an increase in the productivity of each user who has used Entra ID; what these types of programs do is act as a motivator for users so that they can work more comfortably and avoid procrastinating.