Windows Azure, the flexible and open cloud, is a step ahead by Microsoft in the cloud business. We have recently received the Windows Azure Active Directory, which industry analysts are suggesting to ...

Editor's note: An earlier version of this article, both in the July print issue and online, erroneously described how to connect an on-premise instance of Windows Server Active Directory to Windows ...

On Oct. 14, Microsoft announced the preview release of Azure Active Directory Domain Services or, as I like to call it, a domain in a cloud. What is really interesting about this preview is that ...

Automation is practically a necessity these days. Applications and infrastructure have become so widespread and complex, managing them without automation seems too daunting to even consider. Mundane ...

In the coming months, Windows users and partners are going to be hearing a lot more about Windows Azure Active Directory, the "conceptual equivalent" of Microsoft's Active Directory directory service ...

Microsoft has opened its Active Directory (AD) to general availability on Windows Azure, giving developers access to the single-sign-on service for access to the suite of Microsoft services, ...

Microsoft on Thursday announced additional progress in its latest preview release of Windows Azure Active Directory (WAAD), which is the company's cloud-based identity service. The developer preview ...

Windows Azure has been evolving steadily since its release in spring 2010, its pricing is now fairer, and useful third-party add-ons can be found in the Windows Azure Store. Today, Windows Azure can ...

Microsoft rolled out previews of a number of its Windows Azure technologies earlier this year. In the past week-plus, the team has updated these previews with some new features. (Because these are ...

Microsoft announced that 16 new Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) lower-privileged roles are available today in preview to help admins improve security by decreasing the number of Global ...

Windows Azure Active Directory has processed more than 200 billion authentications for Microsoft services in two years, and it now processes an average of 4.7 billion logins a week, the company ...

Everyone knows by now that Microsoft is getting into the cloud business. But for a long time one of the biggest obstacles to corporate customers joining Microsoft on that move was the lack of an ...