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With Okta® going public, Google® and Amazon® announcing their intention to dominate the web application single sign-on (SSO) market, and, of course, Azure® Active Directory’s ever-growing SSO presence, there is no shortage of … Continue reading Single Sign-On Competitors
Is there an all-inclusive solution that offers GPOs (group policy objects) for Windows®, macOS®, and Linux® systems? It would certainly be helpful for IT admins in cross-platform system environments, which is the vast majority. Unfortuna… Continue reading GPOs for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Is it possible to have multi-factor authentication or MFA for RADIUS networks? As more IT organizations leverage the RADIUS protocol to authenticate users to VPNs and WiFi access points, many would benefit from the added security of RADIUS MFA. Th… Continue reading RADIUS MFA
What is the best directory service for Mac®? Well, it used to be Apple® Open Directory (OD), but now admins aren’t so sure. As Apple deprecates key aspects of macOS® Server, it isn’t clear where Apple is headed with OD, which… Continue reading Best Directory Service for Mac®
For the last decade, IT admins have been asking the question, how do you join a Mac® to a Windows® domain? It’s such a common question, that an entire category of enterprise-grade directory extension solutions emerged to offer an answer… Continue reading How to Join a Mac® to a Windows® Domain
Two-factor authentication (2FA) basically means that you need more than just your core username and password to authenticate and gain access to various IT resources. Rather, 2FA leverages your credentials in addition to a secure 2FA token, such as a nu… Continue reading What is Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)?
In an era of disparate IT resources and cross-platform system environments, both on-prem and in the cloud, IT admins are analyzing the pros and cons of Microsoft Active Directory® (AD). Why? AD is an on-prem directory services solution that was de… Continue reading Active Directory® Pros and Cons
Is it possible to have one password for everything? That is, one password to gain access to systems, applications, files, networks—virtually any IT resource? With so much complexity in the modern identity and access management (IAM) space, itR… Continue reading One Password for Everything
With so many acronyms in the identity management market, such as IAM, IdP, IDaaS, PIM, PAM, MFA, 2FA, and many more, each describing similar but distinct concepts and solutions, some clarity to the space is needed. Here we will compare IAM vs IdP, or I… Continue reading IAM Vs IdP
Microsoft® Active Directory® (AD) has been the most popular on-prem directory services platform for twenty years now. However, as more IT organizations shift their on-prem identity management infrastructure to the cloud, more IT admins are se… Continue reading Cloud-Based Active Directory®Alternative