Integrating Microsoft Entra ID with OmniVista enhances network security by providing centralized user authentication for both wired and wireless networks. This integration simplifies network management and strengthens overall access control.
Entra ID was previously known as Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). Microsoft rebranded Azure AD to Microsoft Entra ID to reflect its expanded capabilities beyond traditional directory services, emphasizing broader identity and access management solutions within their cloud platform.
Centralized Authentication and Simplified Management
Microsoft Entra ID, a cloud-based identity and access management service, centralizes the authentication process, ensuring secure and consistent user access across wired and wireless networks managed through OmniVista. By leveraging this integration, IT administrators can efficiently manage user identities, authentication policies, and permissions in one unified platform.
Key Benefits:
-Centralized Cloud-Based Authentication: Entra ID enables cloud-based identity management, centralizing and securing user authentication. Integration with OmniVista allows this secure and centralized authentication to be extended seamlessly across wired and Wi-Fi networks.
- Simplified Network Management: OmniVista simplifies network access control and configuration, managing both wired and wireless networks. By integrating Entra ID, network administrators can effortlessly configure SSIDs and wired access with centralized user management.
-Enhanced Security: Combining Entra ID with OmniVista leverages modern, secure authentication protocols (like EAP-TTLS), enhancing network security. This integration helps reduce vulnerabilities associated with traditional, on-premises authentication methods.
-Operational Efficiency: The integration minimizes dependency on physical infrastructure, thereby reducing costs and simplifying management. It provides a scalable solution, ideal for evolving network requirements.
-Seamless User Experience: Users experience easy and consistent authentication across various network environments without repeatedly entering credentials, facilitated by cloud-based authentication and identity synchronization.
By integrating Microsoft Entra ID with OmniVista, organizations can achieve a unified and secure authentication mechanism for both wired and wireless networks. This integration not only simplifies user management but also enhances overall network security by leveraging centralized cloud-based identity services.
For a comprehensive guide and detailed configurations, read the dedicated application note with process details.