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Security is about managing the access of users to the organization’s applications, platforms and portals. Active directory is used to manage the database of users in a protected manner. The same kind of service is provided by Windows Azure to keep the users and their password safe. Active directory is a feature that lets you create users, manage their roles, grant access and delete them.
Creating an Active Directory
Step 1 − Sign in to Azure Management Portal.
Step 2 − Click ‘New’ and then click ‘App Services’.
![Creating Active Directory](/microsoft_azure/images/creating_active_directory.jpg)
Step 3 − Click ‘Active Directory’ and then ‘Directory’.
Step 4 − Click ‘Custom Create’.
![Creating an Active Directory](/microsoft_azure/images/creating_active_directory_step4.jpg)
Step 5 − Enter the details and you are done. In the following image, ‘tutpoint’ is the domain name. Enter a domain name which is a temporary DNS. Once its directory is created, you can map it to your own domain.
![Creating an Active Directory](/microsoft_azure/images/creating_active_directory_step5.jpg)
Mapping a Custom Domain
Since you have provided a temporary domain name, when creating a directory in Windows Azure, you can map it to your own domain using this functionality.
Step 1 − Click on the directory name in the list of your directory.
Step 2 − Click on ‘Domains’ from the top menu items.
Step 3 − Click ‘Add a Custom Domain’.
![Mapping a Custom Domain](/microsoft_azure/images/mapping_custom_domain.jpg)
Step 4 − In the screen that pops up, enter the details. You can choose for ‘single sign in option’ if needed.
![Mapping a Custom Domain](/microsoft_azure/images/mapping_custom_domain_step4.jpg)
Creating Users
Step 1 − Click on ‘Add User’ button at the bottom of the screen.
![Creating Users](/microsoft_azure/images/creating_users.jpg)
Step 2 − The following screen pops up. You can create a new user or link an existing Microsoft account. You can even import a user from other directory in Azure. Let’s choose ‘Create a new user’ here.
![Creating Users](/microsoft_azure/images/creating_users_step2.jpg)
Step 3 − Enter the user name in the following screen.
![Creating Users](/microsoft_azure/images/creating_users_step3.jpg)
Step 4 − Enter other details and choose the role for the user.
![Creating Users](/microsoft_azure/images/creating_users_step4.jpg)
Step 5 − Click next arrow and it will create a user for your application and give you a temporary password which can be changed by the user.
Integrating with Azure Active Directory
Step 1 − Locate and click ‘Application’ at top of screen.
Step 2 − Click on ‘Add’ displayed at the bottom of the screen. A pop up shown in the following image will be seen on the screen.
![Integrating Active Directory](/microsoft_azure/images/integrating_active_directory.jpg)
Step 3 − If you click the first option, it will take you to the following screen. You can enter the name of the application and follow the wizard.
![Integrating Active Directory](/microsoft_azure/images/integrating_active_directory_step3.jpg)
Step 4 − Similarly, if you choose the second option in ‘What do you want to do’ pop up, it will let you choose an application from the gallery as shown in the following screen.
![Integrating Active Directory](/microsoft_azure/images/integrating_active_directory_step4.jpg)
Integrating On-Premise Active Directory
Azure active directory lets you run an active directory in cloud and also lets you connect it to your on-premise active directory. Basically, it will replicate your user database residing on your on-premise machine in cloud. It will also automatically synchronize whenever changes are made on-premise.
Click on the ‘Directory Integration’ from the top menu. An on-premise directory can be connected using the three steps as shown in the following image.
![Integrating Active Directory](/microsoft_azure/images/integrating_active_directory1.jpg)
Reports
This is a very useful feature of Active Directory as it shows different reports such as number of times a user is signing in, or signing in from an unknown device can be seen here.
![Security Reports](/microsoft_azure/images/security_reports.jpg)