Microsoft Entra ID Features
Authentication Options (6)
Authentication User experience
Based on 234 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Process of providing credentials and logging into multiple systems is easy and intuitive for users
Supports Required Authentication systems
This feature was mentioned in 205 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Supports required 3rd party Authentication Technologies. Example systems: bioMetric, passwords, key cards, token based systems, etc.
Multi-Factor Authentication
This feature was mentioned in 223 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Provides support for Multi-Factor authentication, so users are required to provide multiple factors to authenticate. For example, something they know, Something they have or something they are.
Supports Required Authentication Methods/Protocols
As reported in 208 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Support SSO via Web agents, proxy agents, agent-less, SAML or oAuth and WS-Federation authentication and authorization Web services depending upon the application and business use case
Federation/SAML support (idp)
Based on 176 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Can serve as the identity provider to external service providers so that when the user logs into a service, instead of providing credentials to the service provider, the service provider trusts the identity provider to validate the credentials.
Federation/SAML support (sp)
Based on 164 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Can serve as the Service provider from an external service so that when the user logs in externally they have seamless SSO to internal applications from a service provider.
Access Control Types (5)
Endpoint access
200 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Provides ability to control access to PC's, Mobile devices, and other endpoint devices.
Local Access
This feature was mentioned in 194 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Controls access to legacy applications, web based applications, network resources and servers while employees are on the companies local area network.
Remote Access
196 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Controls access to legacy applications, web based applications, networks resources while employees are outside the local area network.
Partner Access
172 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Controls access to users that are not company employees that are either within the companies local area network or outside the network
Supports BYOD users
171 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Enables users to use their own device to access company applications.
Administration (19)
Ease of installation on server
194 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Installation process is easy and flexible.
Password Policy Enforcement
Based on 202 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Options for resetting and enforcing password policies
Administration Console
Based on 214 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Provides Administration tools/console that are easy to use and learn for routine maintenance tasks
Ease of connecting applications
This feature was mentioned in 212 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Easily provisions new systems, platforms or applications using configuration and not customization.
Self Service Password Administration
Based on 197 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Users can set, change passwords without interaction from IT staff
Reporting
Based on 79 Microsoft Entra ID reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Standard and customized report creation to ensure appropriate access rights have been assigned
Mobile App
Based on 66 Microsoft Entra ID reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Provides mobile application that alerts administrators of potential issues and allows administrators manage access rights
Ease of set up for target systems
Based on 81 Microsoft Entra ID reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Support for wide variety of cloud and on premise apps to automate provisioning for existing and new applications procured
APIs
Based on 73 Microsoft Entra ID reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Provides appropriate application interfaces to enable custom integrations for unique business requirements
Smart/Automated Provisioning
As reported in 159 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Automates account/access rights creation, changes and removals for on-premise and cloud apps
Policy Management
173 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Enables administrators to create access policies and applies policy controls throughout request and provisioning processes
On-premise identity repositories supported
157 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Variety and Quality of integrations (ie Active Directory, LDAP)
Ease of Connecting Applications
As reported in 165 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Easily provisions new systems, platforms or applications using configuration and not customization.
Policy, User, and Role Management
Based on 89 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Creates access requirements and standards and establishes user, roles, and access rights.
Approval Workflows
83 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Allows administrators to approve or reject access changes to using defined workflows.
Automated Provisioning
87 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Automates provisioning and deprovisioning to reduce the amount of administrative manual work.
Bulk Changes
As reported in 84 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Reduces manual administrative work.
Centralized Management
90 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Manages identity information from on-premise and cloud applications.
Self-Service Access Requests
87 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Automatically allows access if users meet policy requirements.
Platform (7)
Multiple Operating system support
175 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Supports Endpoint access control to multiple operating systems
Multi-Domain Support
As reported in 172 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Allows user authentication to be honored by all the hosts in two or more domains
Cross Browser support
Based on 190 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Support access to browser based applications across required browser types
Fail over protection
This feature was mentioned in 168 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Provides required failover mechanisms to ensure if one server, network, etc fails users are still able able to authenticate
Reporting
187 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Contains pre-built and custom reporting tools to required to manage business
Auditing
As reported in 186 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Provides mechanism for auditing authentication for trouble shooting purposes.
Third Party Web Services support
Based on 164 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Can call and pass credentials to third party web services.
User on/off Boarding (6)
Self Service Access requests
Based on 72 Microsoft Entra ID reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Users can request access to an application and be automatically provisioned if they meet policy requirements
Smart/Automated Provisioning
Based on 75 Microsoft Entra ID reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Automates account/access rights creation, changes and removals for on-premise and cloud apps
Role Management
Based on 81 Microsoft Entra ID reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Establish roles that create a set of authentication rights for each user in the role
Policy Management
Based on 81 Microsoft Entra ID reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Enables administrators to create access policies and applies policy controls throughout request and provisioning processes
Access Termination
Based on 79 Microsoft Entra ID reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Terminate access to multiple applications based on dates
Approval Workflows
Based on 70 Microsoft Entra ID reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allow business stake-holders/managers to approve or reject requested changes to access via a defined workflow
User Maintenance (3)
Self Service Password Reset
Based on 76 Microsoft Entra ID reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Enables users to reset passwords without administrator interaction. Enforces password policies when resetting.
Bulk Changes
Based on 73 Microsoft Entra ID reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Change users and permissions in bulk
Bi-directional Identity Synchronization
Based on 73 Microsoft Entra ID reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Keep identity attributes consistent across applications whether the change is made in the provisioning system or the application
Governance (2)
Identifies and Alerts for Threats
Based on 78 Microsoft Entra ID reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Alerts administrators when inappropriate access occurs
Compliance Audits
Based on 73 Microsoft Entra ID reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Proactively audits access rights against policies
Authentication type (8)
SMS-Based
This feature was mentioned in 158 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Sends a one-time passcode (OTP) via SMS.
Voice-Based Telephony
140 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Provides a one-time passcode (OTP) via voice-call.
Email-Based
As reported in 153 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Sends a one-time passcode (OTP) via email.
Hardware Token-Based
As reported in 138 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Supports hardware tokens, which are often USB-sized, fob-like devices that store codes.
Software Token
This feature was mentioned in 160 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Offers software tokens, which are applications installed on a mobile phone, wearable devices, or desktops and generate time-based one-time passcodes (TOTP) that a user can easily copy. Software tokens work both online and offline.
Biometric Factor
Based on 160 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Allows biometric factors such as fingerprints, faceprints, voiceprints, or other biometric information to be used as an authentication factor.
Mobile-Push
Based on 168 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Offers mobile push authentication, which is a user-friendly method that does not require a user to copy a code, but rather accept or deny an authentication using a mobile application. Mobile push authentication only works when a user is connected to the internet.
Risk-Based Authentication
As reported in 151 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Analyzes users' IP addresses, devices, behaviors and identities to authenticate a user.
Functionality (24)
Multi-Device Sync
Based on 170 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Allows the use of tokens on multiple devices. This feature can also be turned off if the user does not want this.
Backup
This feature was mentioned in 166 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Offers encrypted backup recovery stored by the vendor.
SSO
176 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Provides a single access point for users to access multiple cloud products without multiple logins.
Multi-Factor Authentication
Based on 180 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Provides support for Multi-Factor authentication, so users are required to provide multiple factors to authenticate. For example, something they know, Something they have or something they are.
Supports Required Authentication systems
Based on 163 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Supports required 3rd party Authentication Technologies. Example systems: bioMetric, passwords, key cards, token based systems, etc.
Multi-Factor Authentication
Based on 87 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Provides support for Multi-Factor authentication, so users are required to provide multiple factors to authenticate.
Single Sign-On
Based on 90 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Provides a single access point for users to access multiple cloud products without multiple logins.
BYOD support
77 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Enables users to bring-your-own-device to access company applications.
Password Vault
82 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Stores credentials and passwords in a secure vault. Eliminates hard-coded passwords. Hides passwords from users.
Centralized management
As reported in 87 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Ensures that credentials are centrally stored (in a secure vault) and when changed, that systems remain connected.
Role-based security
Based on 88 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Allows privileges based on roles, such as business unit or other factors.
Live notifications
85 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Configure which events will trigger a notification to prevent privileged access abuse in real-time.
Hide passwords
81 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Offers the option to hide passwords when sharing with users, such as contract workers
Temporary, time-limited privilege
This feature was mentioned in 81 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Allows for temporary privileges for a defined task or period of time, to reduce the risk of credential abuse.
FIDO2-compliant
86 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Offers FIDO2-enabled authentication method
Works with hardware security keys
Based on 92 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Works with hardware security keys
Multiple authentication methods
112 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Offer users multiple ways to authenticate including, but not limited to: mobile push on trusted devices, FIDO-enabled devices, physical security keys, keycards, smart watches, biometrics, QR codes, desktop app + pin, and others.
Offline or no-phone solution
100 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Offers solutions when users are offline or do not have access to a mobile phone.
User provisioning
This feature was mentioned in 245 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Simplifies or automates user provisioning, deprovisioning, and other user role changes.
Password manager
This feature was mentioned in 199 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Offers password management tools to end users.
Single Sign-on
264 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Offers single sign-on functionalities to end users, allowing them to authenticate once and be given access to all of their company accounts.
Enforces policies
As reported in 258 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Enforces user-access policies based on individual, role type, group membership or other factors to prevent unauthorized access to company systems and data.
Authentication
Based on 255 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Authenticates users prior to granting access to company systems.
Multi-factor authentication
Based on 257 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Offers multi-factor authentication methods to verify a user's identity.
Access Control (4)
Role Management
This feature was mentioned in 175 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Establish roles that create a set of authentication rights for each user in the role
Access Termination
Based on 165 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Terminate access to multiple applications based on dates
Remote Access
This feature was mentioned in 157 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Controls access to legacy applications, web based applications, networks resources while employees are outside the local area network.
Partner Access
As reported in 152 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Controls access to users that are not company employees that are either within the companies local area network or outside the network
Monitoring (3)
Audit Logging
This feature was mentioned in 88 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Provides audit logs for compliance reasons.
Activity Logging
This feature was mentioned in 88 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Monitors, records, and logs both real-time and post-event activity.
Anomaly Detection
Based on 83 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Detects abnormal user behavior to mitigate risks.
Reporting (2)
Audit log
85 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Creates a comprehnsive log of all activities when utilizing Privileged Access Management Software software.
Reporting
This feature was mentioned in 83 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Includes reporting functionality.
Type (2)
On-premises solution
Based on 206 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Provides an IAM solution for on-prem systems.
Cloud-solution
As reported in 240 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Provides an IAM solution for cloud-based systems.
Reporting (4)
Tracking
211 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Tracks user activities across protected systems.
Reporting
This feature was mentioned in 219 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Provides reporting functionality.
Access & Permission Change Reporting
This feature was mentioned in 12 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Log and report all modifications to user roles and access rights.
Compliance & Audit Trail Export
As reported in 13 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Provide standardized reports for regulatory compliance and audits.
Implementation (3)
Easy Setup
As reported in 190 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Offers an easy to understand user interface to make setup smooth.
Mobile SDK
Based on 144 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Offers a mobile software development kit (SDK) for iOS, Blackberry, and Android.
Web SDK
132 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Offers a software development kit (SDK) for web-based applications.
Authentication & Authorization - Identity and Access Management (IAM) (1)
Adaptive & Contextual Access Control
25 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Grant access based on user attributes, location, device posture or risk.
Administration & Governance - Identity and Access Management (IAM) (2)
Identity Lifecycle Management
As reported in 21 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Automate onboarding, offboarding, and access reviews throughout user lifecycles.
Self‑Service Account Management
As reported in 12 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Enable users to reset passwords and update profiles without admin support.
Generative AI - Identity and Access Management (IAM) (3)
AI‑Driven Access Anomaly Detection
As reported in 13 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Identify unusual access patterns using machine learning models.
Automated Policy Tuning
Dynamically adjust access policies based on risk and AI-generated insights.
Predictive Role Recommendations
Suggest appropriate user roles based on usage patterns and peer behavior.




