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Can we use Azure AD for SSO to SaaS applications if we already use ADFS for SSO to Azure/O365?
Andrew Colombino generally most apps that support federation with ADFS would also support federation with AzureAD. In your case AzureAD would pass the authentication events down to your federated AzureAD providing the same login experience as you get with Office 365 etc.
I agree with your point about better preparing yourself to go without ADFS in the future. These days new clients use simpler tools like Password Hash Sync or Pass Through Authentication, it's easier to provide a highly reliable service and authentication is typically the most important service.
You would also be allowing these apps to use the more sophisticated security controls available as part of AzureAD. Condition Access, Multi-Factor Authentication, Identity Protection, MCAS etc.
Thanks Rishabh, I'll take a look. What benefit does pass-through authentication provide that makes it different from ADFS?
Will it help the situation with these third-party SaaS apps?
Andrew Colombino generally most apps that support federation with ADFS would also support federation with AzureAD. In your case AzureAD would pass the authentication events down to your federated AzureAD providing the same login experience as you get with Office 365 etc.
I agree with your point about better preparing yourself to go without ADFS in the future. These days new clients use simpler tools like Password Hash Sync or Pass Through Authentication, it's easier to provide a highly reliable service and authentication is typically the most important service.
You would also be allowing these apps to use the more sophisticated security controls available as part of AzureAD. Condition Access, Multi-Factor Authentication, Identity Protection, MCAS etc.
Thanks, StevenC365. It sounds like that's the way we want to go.