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Azure Active Directory integrations with authentication protocols

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Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) enables integration with many authentication protocols. The authentication integrations enable you to use Azure AD and its security and management features with little or no changes to your applications that use legacy authentication methods.

Legacy authentication protocols

The following table presents authentication Azure AD integration with legacy authentication protocols and their capabilities. Select the name of an authentication protocol to see

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Authentication protocol Authentication Authorization Multi-factor Authentication Conditional Access
Header-based authentication check mark check mark check mark check mark
LDAP authentication check mark
OAuth 2.0 authentication check mark check mark check mark check mark
OIDC authentication check mark check mark check mark check mark
Password based SSO authentication check mark check mark check mark check mark
RADIUS authentication check mark check mark check mark
Remote Desktop Gateway services check mark check mark check mark check mark
Secure Shell (SSH) check mark check mark check mark
SAML authentication check mark check mark check mark check mark
Windows Authentication - Kerberos Constrained Delegation check mark check mark check mark check mark