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Time to Leave ADFS Behind for Authenticating in Hybrid Environments?

semperis.com | blog | #cloud | #active-directory | #authentication | #solarwinds | #azure-ad | #hybrid-identity | #adfs

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Why it may be time to leave ADFS in hybrid environments: its complexity expands the attack surface, and SolarWinds showed an on-premises flaw can compromise the Azure AD tenant; Microsoft recommends migrating to Azure AD Application Proxy.
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