Microsoft Entra ID the ideal Identity Provider
December 31, 2025
Microsoft Entra ID the ideal Identity Provider
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID is used in my organization to cover a number of use cases. It acts as our identity provider for many line of business applications. It also provides added security for authenticated users by implementing conditional access and behavioral risk base scenarios. It also provide authention for applications that need to access M365 resources. Microsoft Entra ID has roles that are used to manage users permissions for M365 and Azure resources.
Pros
- Microsoft Entra ID is very good at using conditional access to limit where users can access resources from and in tandem with device compliance restricts access as well.
- Using Microsoft Entra ID as a identity provider (IdP) to line of business applications is very reliable. Microsoft Entra ID is very resilient and is available most of the time. It is flexible in the it can be configurated for SAML and OIDC.
- Microsoft Entra ID provides the ability to elevate user premissions with privilege access management and have additional features for Multi-factor authentication to add an additional layer of security.
Cons
- There could be improvement with Microsoft Entra ID for logging. For example, sign-in logs are not available fast enough for troubleshooting events. There could be additional details added to the logs as well to make it easier for identifying exactly is causing a particular failure.
- For Microsoft Entra ID there could be improvements with admin consent by have a report to review all consent in Microsoft Entra ID both Admin and User consents. There could be oversight for over privilege applications.
- Microsoft Entra ID have had positive return on investment for our business. Users can now sign-on to their computers with easy and don't have to worry about how complex their passwords are to remember.
- Conditional Access policies in Microsoft Entra ID is a game changer. Our organization can better protect against threat actors for situation like impossible travel and risky users.
- Microsoft Entra ID as an identity provider also users to sign-in the option for MFA to ensure that users have strong authentication methods for access the companies resources.
- Native sign-in logs makes easy to help troubleshoot users have issues signing in.
In my organization we have identities on and in the cloud. We deploy Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory Directory Services. We sync the on-prem ADDS to Microsoft Entra ID for effortless authentication to company resources. Microsoft Entra ID is also used for Cloud Only account to help prevent a compromise of a on-prem account to be used in the Cloud.
In my organization we use Microsoft Entra ID to protect many SaaS non-Microsoft apps. We integration the apps to Microsoft Entra ID for the Idp and secure them using Single Sign-On. Also, we add an additional layer of security with Conditional Access policies. With Microsoft Entra ID ability to pass non-Microsoft app traffic to Microsoft Defender for Cloud this is also used to protect company data.
We have many SaaS applications connected to Microsoft Entra ID. Some of these applications includes, Salesforce, WorkDay, SAP, Concur and some home grown on-prem application.
There has been significant changes to the end-user experience with the deployment of Microsoft Entra ID. Users don't have to login multiple time because of the integration to Single Sign-on feature of Microsoft Entra ID. The integration of Microsoft Entra ID with the M365 application make them work together seamlessly. The reduction in password rotation with the deployment of Microsoft Entra ID is another big change.
It is a lot easier to administer Microsoft Entra ID compare to Ping. Microsoft Entra ID is a lot more intuitive and easy to understand. Microsoft Entra ID is more flexible when integrating SaaS solutions. Implementing passwordless and conditional access policies to add an additional layer of security of very easy to do.
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
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