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Ping Identity and Microsoft Deliver Secure Access to All Applications for Millions of Enterprise Employees
September 2016 by Marc Jacob
Ping Identity® announced a collaboration with Microsoft to deliver integrations that extend the value of Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), Microsoft’s leading Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) solution. Through this relationship, Ping Identity solutions serve as a bridge to expand secure remote access and single sign-on from any device to more on-premises web applications for Microsoft Azure Active Directory customers.
Many enterprises, including 85 percent of Fortune 500 companies have embraced Azure AD as the identity platform for managing users and providing secure access to thousands of cloud SaaS and on-premises applications. Azure AD handles over 1 billion authentications daily to more than nine million directories. However, connecting the full set of legacy and custom on-premises apps to these environments can be challenging. This integration with Ping allows enterprises to expand SSO access to even more of their on-premises web applications. The result is seamless and secure single sign-on for all applications and all users on all devices and clouds, without the need for a VPN.
Ping and Microsoft will deliver an integrated solution of PingAccess and Azure Active Directory Application Proxy in early 2017 to enable secure access to a broad spectrum of on-premises web applications. Azure AD Premium customers can use the integration to connect up to 20 apps at no additional cost. For more than 20 applications, full PingAccess licenses may be purchased. Microsoft will also list PingFederate as an additional authentication option in Azure Active Directory Connect, along with Password Sync and Active Directory Federation Services, for customers who choose Ping Identity for federation to Azure AD.
The partnership delivers unmatched capabilities as compared to competitive solutions, most of which cannot connect to on-premises applications.
Ping and Microsoft will provide a demonstration at Microsoft Ignite, September 26-30 in Atlanta (Ping booth #263). The two companies will also discuss at Ping Identity’s customer and partner community series, IDENTIFY. Additional information is available on the Ping website.
The Ping Identity Platform is a unified, standards-based platform for identity and access management as a service that can be deployed as SaaS, software or both, and can scale to handle millions of identities. From multi-factor authentication and single sign-on to access security and provisioning, these capabilities work together to give employees, partners and customers secure access to cloud, mobile and enterprise applications, securing and streamlining everything from sign-on to sign-off and everything in between.
