---
id: 6069
title: "Azure Active Directory vs. Active Directory Domain Services"
source_domain: semperis.com
source_url: "https://www.semperis.com/blog/azure-active-directory-vs-active-directory-domain-services/"
published_at: "2013-12-17T15:26:28Z"
tags: ["cloud", "active-directory", "kerberos", "authentication", "ldap", "azure-ad", "saml", "federation"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6069"
lang: en
---

# Azure Active Directory vs. Active Directory Domain Services

## Summary

AD DS vs Azure AD: Kerberos and LDAP at the enterprise datacenter versus SAML, OAuth and OpenID in the cloud—why federated protocols rather than Kerberos fit cloud authentication.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** semperis.com
- **Published:** 2013-12-17T15:26:28Z
- **Original:** https://www.semperis.com/blog/azure-active-directory-vs-active-directory-domain-services/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6069