Which azure active directory edition I should buy?

Azure active directory is responsible for providing identity service for Microsoft online service’s needs. When I talk to people about azure AD one of most common problem they ask is what version I should buy? my existing subscription will work for the features I looking for? The myth is, lot of people still thinks azure subscriptions and prices are complicated, but if you understand what each subscription can do it’s not that hard. I have seen people paying for Azure AD premium version when azure AD free version can give the features they needed for their environment and some people struggling to implement features only available for premium version using their free azure AD instance. In this blog post I am going to list down the features for each azure AD version and hope it will help you to decide the version you need for your setup.

There are 4 Azure AD editions,

1) Free

2) Basic

3) Premium P1

4) Premium P2

Premium P2 – Designed with advanced protection for all your users and administrators, this new offering includes all the capabilities in Azure AD Premium P1 as well as our new Identity Protection and Privileged Identity Management. Azure Active Directory Identity Protection leverages billions of signals to provide risk-based conditional access to your applications and critical company data. We also help you manage and protect privileged accounts with Azure Active Directory Privileged Identity Management so you can discover, restrict and monitor administrators and their access to resources and provide just-in-time access when needed.

 

 

You can find more info about the subscriptions from 

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/active-directory/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/active-directory-editions/

 

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