Windows Azure Active Directory - Access from non-Azure website ?

Question

I'm to develop a large website, and for that purpose I was thinking of using Windows Azure Active Directory for authentification of users and role management.

My question is - is it possible and advisable to access a Windows Azure Active Directory from a web-applikation running on a webserver placed in my DMZ zone ?

I will do almost anything to avoid a simple username/password authentification like ASP.NET membership provider, mainly because I might have 10.000 users on the website that each needs a login with corresponding roles.

Thanks in advance for any information on this matter :-)

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Thomas Elbek

Answer 1

Hi you can very well use cloud AD for your scenario. There are various options available.

The preferrable approach is web sso (if you want to build claims aware site). Please refer to these blog1, blog2 for more info.

Other option is you can use azure authenticatio library (very easy). Please refer to release note and this blog on how to use AAL!

Hope it helps

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Answer 2

Hi Veerendra

Thanks for the information you have provided, I will take a close look at the two blogs you mentioned.

Thomas E.

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Thomas Elbek