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Learning Op: Migrate Away From ADFS to Azure AD

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Nov 19, 2022

 

Hello to our illustrious and awesome readers!

 

Brandon Wilson here today with a short post just to give our readers a heads up on an excellent learning opportunity that we thought it might be helpful for many of you.

 

Since there is already content out there, I won’t be going into depth on this, other than to say it will cost you a couple of hours, for a couple of days, and we anticipate the time will be well spent! Go forth and learn (and then pass the knowledge around)! The below content summary will take you to the page to see upcoming workshop dates/times, as well as provide you with the registration link.

 

So, without further ado, let’s introduce this CTO! style:

 

 

Title: Upcoming Microsoft Workshops: How to successfully migrate away from AD FS to Azure AD

Source: Community Events List

Author: Melissa Cox

Publication Date: November 2, 2022

Content excerpt:

Join us to learn how to successfully migrate from AD FS to Azure AD to benefit from improved security and better user experience for your organization. During this in-depth workshop, we want to share why other customers have moved to Azure AD, and what to keep in mind to successfully migrate from AD FS.

 

 

Thanks for reading, and I hope this helps you out...we’ll see you on Azure (AD)!

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  • Can't recommend these webinars enough. A few tips to help customers with their ADFS to Azure AD migrations:

    Migration of applications and user authentication from ADFS to Azure AD doesn't have to be a big-bang event. Think of it like crawl, walk, run... Here's how you can apply crawl, walk, run to both application and user authentication migration:

    Application Migration:

    • Crawl: Clone all your ADFS application registrations from ADFS into Azure AD. This doesn't mean the applications are fully migrated yet. You can now "cut over" individual applications one-by-one meaning you reconfigure an application to start using Azure AD. You can do this on your own schedule over the course of weeks or months.
    • Walk: As your confidence builds in the migration process, you'll have a playbook that will enable you to move a little faster.
    • Run: Eventually, you'll understand the process so well, you'll feel confident enough to move several applications at once and eventually all applications are now using Azure AD.

     

    User Authentication Migration:

    • Crawl: If you want to test user authentication migration without using Staged Rollout or flipping any federated domains to managed, you can enroll some users into Azure AD Passwordless, Hybrid Azure AD Join, or Azure AD Join to bypass ADFS authentication. Test the user experience and get feedback to find out what works well or what could be improved.
    • Walk: Use Staged Rollout to start migrating groups of users to Azure AD authentication. Since you already tested native Azure AD auth during the prior phase, this rollout should be smooth.
    • Run: Now you're ready to migrate everyone over to Azure AD authentication by flipping their domain from federated to managed.

  • "This ain't your grandma's ADFS migration webinar!"  These are depth, "working sessions" - made up of two seminars, each 2 hours long.  I almost guarantee you'll learn a few useful tips/tricks in these.