The Evolution of Microsoft Entra ID: From Azure Active Directory to a Modern Identity Control Plane
Introduction Identity has become the new security perimeter. As organizations shift from on‑premises infrastructure to SaaS, IaaS, and multicloud workloads, traditional network-based security has proven insufficient. Microsoft anticipated this shift over a decade ago with the introduction of Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)—a cloud-native identity provider designed for SaaS authentication and authorization. In July 2023, […]



