Difference Between Azure AD vs Active Directory (AD) and AWS Directory Service

AZURE AD

Azure AD is multi-tenant cloud based identity and access management solution for the Azure platform. You can use it to provide secure access for organizations and individuals. You can use Azure AD to:

Configure access to applications.

Configure SSO to cloud-based SaaS applications.

Manage users and groups.

Provision users.

Enable federation between organizations.

Provide an identity management solution.

Identify irregular sign-in activity.

Configure multi-factor authentication.

Extend existing on-premises Active Directory implementations to Azure AD.

The directory component of Azure AD is, by design, multi tenant, and it provides a highly scalable cloud-based directory service:

Multi-tenant: Microsoft hosts millions of users and directories within Azure AD. However, because each Azure AD directory is distinct and separate from other Azure AD directories, customer data and identity information is completely isolated from other tenants to prevent users and administrators of one Azure AD directory from accidentally or…