Hybrid identity

Azure Active Directory
Azure Stack Hub
Azure Virtual Machines

Solution ideas

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The need to keep application components on-premises doesn't have to be a barrier to adopting cloud technologies. With Azure Stack Hub, app components can reside on-premises while interacting with components running in Azure public cloud.

Potential use cases

This solution enables teams to manage identity for users and applications in a way that is consistent across clouds.

Architecture

Architecture diagram that shows how to manage identity for users and applications in a way that is consistent across clouds.

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Dataflow

  1. Set up an Azure Active Directory tenant.
  2. Create users.
  3. Deploy, manage, and operate application resources on Azure and Azure Stack Hub.
  4. Create service principals.
  5. Deploy with service principals.
  6. Application resources can communicate over network.

Components

Next steps