Microsoft extends Azure Active Directory to support Facebook, Google

Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory identity management platform now allows businesses to authenticate customers using popular consumer applications, such as Facebook and Google’s suite of services.

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Research firm Gartner’s recent Magic Quadrant named Azure AD one of the leading products for businesses to verify the identity of their employees; Microsoft says 6 million customers use the cloud-based SaaS.

Today Microsoft announced new functionality so businesses can verify the identity of customers and partners in addition to their own employees.

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