Azure AD Premium Features

Azure Active Directory comes with four different types of licenses:

Azure AD premium P1
Azure AD premium P2
Free
Office 365 apps

The free edition is included with an online service license. For example, if you have Azure, Dynamics 365, or Office 365, you can access free Azure Active Directory features.

If we will categorize based on the features, then Azure Active Directory will be of two categories:

Azure Active Directory free: Here, you can manage user accounts, groups, and single sign-on access. On-premises active directory synchronization with Azure Active Directory. Apart from that, you can access various popular software-as-a-service applications like Office 365, Salesforce, Google Apps, Dropbox, etc. All the applications support single sign-on.
Azure Active Directory Premium: With an Active Directory Premium license, you can access all the free features and various enterprise label identity management capabilities or features.

If you are new to the Azure Active Directory, check out this article on what your active directory is.

How to create a user in the Azure Active Directory

Azure AD Premium P1 Features: ($6 user/month)

All the above features will be available in the Azure active directory premium P1 license. Apart from that, below are the features that are available only as part of Azure Active Directory Premium P1 features:

Benefits of Azure AD Premium P1

Unlimited Directory objects
Unlimited Single sign-on Apps
Password protection
Password protection for Windows Server Active Directory
Self-service password reset/ change/ unlock
Group access management
Cloud app Discovery
Azure AD-join
Advanced Security Analysis reports
Application proxy
Dynamic groups
Group creation permission delegation
Group naming policy
Usage Guidelines
Group expiration
Azure information protection integration
SharePoint Limited access
Multi-factor authentication with conditional access etc

These are the Azure P1 license benefits lists, and Azure AD P1 features.

Azure AD Premium P2 Features: ($9 user/month)

Active Directory Premium P2 license includes every feature of Azure Active Directory. All the features will be available below as part of Azure AD Premium P2 features.

Benefits of Azure AD Premium P2

Unlimited Directory objects
Unlimited Single sign-on Apps
Vulnerabilities and risky accounts detection
Risk-based conditional access policy
Privileged identity management
Access reviews
Entitlement management, etc.

Reference: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/details/active-directory/

These are the Azure P2 license benefits lists and Azure AD P2 features.

Azure AD Premium Key Features

The key Azure Active Directory premium features are as follows

1- Enterprise SLA 99.9%:

There is a guarantee of 99.9% availability of the Azure Active Directory Premium service.

2- Forefront Identity Manager:

The Azure Active Directory Premium features also help you use your network’s FIM server. This helps you more when you have different on-premises directories and databases, if you want to sync directly to the Azure AD. One more good thing is you can use any number of FIM servers based on your requirements; there is no limit on this.

3- Multi-Factor Authentication

Security is very important in any organization. Azure Active Directory Premium Features provides multi-factor authentication, also known as two-step verification, that helps you secure access to Azure. This provides an additional level of security for the users to sign in. So, even if any user’s password is compromised, their account is secure. Other people cannot access it even if they have the password. Here, users have to provide multiple factors to authenticate themselves.

4- The Self-service password reset feature

Azure Active Directory Premium feature allows users to reset their passwords without contacting the support team. This feature is known as a self-service password reset. They can unlock their account and change their password by themselves.

5- Self-service group management feature

The Azure Active Directory Premium Feature also helps you by providing an excellent feature known as the Self-service group management feature that allows you with the capability of enabling users to create groups, delegate group ownership, request access to other groups, etc.

6- Provides Advanced Alerts and Reports

It also provides the advanced error log report and the advanced alert that helps to identify the issues quickly and that helps to provide quick resolution.

Azure AD Premium P1 vs P2 pricing

You can get the Azure AD Premium P1 features for $6 monthly. At the same time, you need to pay $9 per month for the Azure AD Premium P2 features.

Azure Active Directory Premium Business Benefits

Let’s discuss a few key business benefits of Azure Active Premium below

One of the key business benefits is that Azure Active Directory Premium provides the ability to implement the single sign-on facility for any cloud or on-premises application that enhances security.
Businesses always want to secure their sensitive data and applications. The Multi-Factor Authentication feature allows you to secure your sensitive data and applications on-premises and in the cloud.
It reduces many costs by providing the self-service capability for a password reset. There is no need to depend on the support team to change the password.
Supports Windows devices, Mac OS X, Android, and iOS.

Azure AD Free Features

FAQs

What is Azure Active Directory Premium?

Answer: Azure Active Directory Premium is an excellent service for managing access and checking Identity in the Cloud environment.

Why Azure Active Directory Premium?

Answer: Azure Active Directory Premium features include multi-factor authentication (MFA), single sign-on to thousands of cloud (SaaS) apps, easy access to web apps you run on-premises, and Advanced alert and reporting features.

Which two features are supported by Azure AD Premium P1 edition

Answer: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), conditional access.

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Bijay Kumar

I am Bijay, a Microsoft MVP (10 times) having more than 17 years of experience in the software industry. During my IT career, I got a chance to share my expertise in SharePoint and Microsoft Azure, like Azure VM, Azure Active Directory, Azure PowerShell, etc. I hope you will learn from these Azure tutorials. Read more