First published on CloudBlogs on Apr, 12 2017
Howdy folks, This is a blog post I've been as eager to publish as I suspect you've been eager to read it. I'm excited to let you know that Azure AD business-to-business (B2B) collaboration is generally available worldwide! Azure AD B2B collaboration capabilities enable any organization using Azure AD to work safely and securely with users from any other organization, small or large, with or without Azure AD, & with or without an IT organization. Organizations using Azure AD can provide their B2B partners access to documents, resources, and applications while maintaining control over corporate data. Developers can use the Azure AD B2B APIs to write applications that bring two organizations together in a secure way that is also seamless and intuitive for end users to navigate. Customer demand for these capabilities is sky high! Already during the public preview, customers have invited 2.6M guest users using these new capabilities.
Enable your collaborators to bring their own identity to work with you:
Delegate to application and group owners so they can add B2B users directly to any of the thousands of apps that work with Azure AD:
Have consistent authorization policies protecting your corporate content across your employees and partners:
Use our APIs and sample code to easily build applications to onboard your external partners in ways customized to your organization's needs:
With Azure AD B2B collaboration, you can get the full power of Azure AD to protect your partner relationships in a way that end users find easy and intuitive.
Work with any user from any partner
Howdy folks, This is a blog post I've been as eager to publish as I suspect you've been eager to read it. I'm excited to let you know that Azure AD business-to-business (B2B) collaboration is generally available worldwide! Azure AD B2B collaboration capabilities enable any organization using Azure AD to work safely and securely with users from any other organization, small or large, with or without Azure AD, & with or without an IT organization. Organizations using Azure AD can provide their B2B partners access to documents, resources, and applications while maintaining control over corporate data. Developers can use the Azure AD B2B APIs to write applications that bring two organizations together in a secure way that is also seamless and intuitive for end users to navigate. Customer demand for these capabilities is sky high! Already during the public preview, customers have invited 2.6M guest users using these new capabilities.
And more than 20% of Azure AD Tenants with >10 users are now using Azure AD B2B!:
- Partners use their own credentials
- No requirement for partners to use Azure AD
- No external directories or complex set-up required
- Provide access to any corporate application or resource
- Seamless user experiences
- Enterprise-grade security for applications and data
- No external account or password management
- No sync or manual account lifecycle management
- No external administrative overhead
Updated Jul 24, 2020
Version 6.0Alex Simons (AZURE)
Microsoft
Joined May 01, 2017
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