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.

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 ...

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.