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How to set up Azure MFA On-premise Active Directory

Azure Multi-Factor Authentication is a well-known cloud-based authentication solution. It offers an additional layer of security to user logins. By enabling MFA, users have to offer two or more forms of authentication in order to access their accounts. This prevents attackers from gaining unauthorized access to sensitive data, even if they have stolen a user’s password.

On the other hand, the On-premises Active Directory (AD) is a local directory service. It comes in handy to manage user accounts as well as other resources in an organization’s network. This helps authenticate users to on-premises applications and services, like file shares, printers, and internal web applications.

We can use Azure MFA with on-premises AD via one of these approaches:

• Azure AD Connect:

  Azure AD Connect is a popular synchronization tool. It helps us use AD with Azure AD. This lets users use their on-premises AD credentials to access cloud-based applications and services. Each time a user accesses a cloud-based application, Azure AD prompts the user for additional authentication factors.
• Azure MFA Server:

  The Azure MFA server is a component of the Azure MFA solution that can be installed on-premises. It acts as a gateway between the on-premises AD and the cloud-based authentication system. In other words, we can now use on-premises AD credentials to offer additional authentication factors, like phone-based, smart card, or one-time passcode authentication.

Both of the above approaches offer us the advantage of the additional security provided by Azure MFA while still using their existing on-premises AD infrastructure. This helps us protect our sensitive data better and comply with industry and regulatory standards.

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Conclusion

In summary, our Support Techs introduced us to set up Azure MFA on-premise Active Directory and its advantages.