In the Azure AD environment, OAuth is used to help manage user access to external resources, such as Microsoft 365, the Azure portal, and thousands of other SaaS applications using OAuth apps.

It's been a rough week for Microsoft users who have first- and third-party apps that rely on Azure Active Directory for authentication. Microsoft has published a root-cause analysis of its issues.

Developers using Azure Active Directory 1.0 solutions used the Azure AD Authentication Library (ADAL). The new Microsoft Identity Platform instead uses the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL).

Microsoft has addressed an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication flaw that could allow threat actors to escalate privileges and potentially fully take over the target's account.

In a new blog post, the company revealed that it’s adding multi-factor authentication as the default security setting for existing Azure customers who haven’t changed that setting on their own.

For more specific guidance on moving to the cloud with CBA, users can attend the upcoming webinar offered by Microsoft and Axiad, “Phish-resistant Authentication in the Cloud with Azure AD and ...