Microsoft Entra ID Features

Authentication Options (6)

Authentication User experience: As reported in 211 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. Process of providing credentials and logging into multiple systems is easy and intuitive for users
Supports Required Authentication systems: Supports required 3rd party Authentication Technologies. Example systems: bioMetric, passwords, key cards, token based systems, etc. 201 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Multi-Factor Authentication: As reported in 203 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 203 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): 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. 171 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Federation/SAML support (sp): Based on 161 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: Based on 192 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. Provides ability to control access to PC's, Mobile devices, and other endpoint devices.
Local Access: As reported in 191 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: Based on 191 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 169 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
Supports BYOD users: Enables users to use their own device to access company applications. 168 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.

Administration (19)

Ease of installation on server: Installation process is easy and flexible. This feature was mentioned in 189 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Password Policy Enforcement: Options for resetting and enforcing password policies This feature was mentioned in 199 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Administration Console: As reported in 200 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. Provides Administration tools/console that are easy to use and learn for routine maintenance tasks
Ease of connecting applications: Easily provisions new systems, platforms or applications using configuration and not customization. This feature was mentioned in 203 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Self Service Password Administration: Based on 194 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. Users can set, change passwords without interaction from IT staff
Reporting: Based on 78 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 80 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 72 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: Automates account/access rights creation, changes and removals for on-premise and cloud apps This feature was mentioned in 156 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Policy Management: Enables administrators to create access policies and applies policy controls throughout request and provisioning processes This feature was mentioned in 168 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
On-premise identity repositories supported: Variety and Quality of integrations (ie Active Directory, LDAP) This feature was mentioned in 154 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Ease of Connecting Applications: Easily provisions new systems, platforms or applications using configuration and not customization. 161 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
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: Based on 83 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. Allows administrators to approve or reject access changes to using defined workflows.
Automated Provisioning: Automates provisioning and deprovisioning to reduce the amount of administrative manual work. This feature was mentioned in 86 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Bulk Changes: Reduces manual administrative work. This feature was mentioned in 84 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Centralized Management: Manages identity information from on-premise and cloud applications. This feature was mentioned in 88 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Self-Service Access Requests: Based on 87 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. Automatically allows access if users meet policy requirements.

Platform (7)

Multiple Operating system support: Supports Endpoint access control to multiple operating systems This feature was mentioned in 173 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Multi-Domain Support: Allows user authentication to be honored by all the hosts in two or more domains This feature was mentioned in 171 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Cross Browser support: As reported in 187 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. Support access to browser based applications across required browser types
Fail over protection: Provides required failover mechanisms to ensure if one server, network, etc fails users are still able able to authenticate 165 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Reporting: Contains pre-built and custom reporting tools to required to manage business This feature was mentioned in 181 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Auditing: Provides mechanism for auditing authentication for trouble shooting purposes. This feature was mentioned in 177 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Third Party Web Services support: Can call and pass credentials to third party web services. 162 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.

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 74 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 80 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 78 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 75 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 72 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 72 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)

Authentication type (8)

SMS-Based: As reported in 158 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. Sends a one-time passcode (OTP) via SMS.
Voice-Based Telephony: As reported in 139 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. Provides a one-time passcode (OTP) via voice-call.
Email-Based: Sends a one-time passcode (OTP) via email. This feature was mentioned in 150 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Hardware Token-Based: Supports hardware tokens, which are often USB-sized, fob-like devices that store codes. 137 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Software Token: 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. 159 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Biometric Factor: As reported in 159 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: As reported in 166 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: Analyzes users' IP addresses, devices, behaviors and identities to authenticate a user. 146 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.

Functionality (24)

Multi-Device Sync: Allows the use of tokens on multiple devices. This feature can also be turned off if the user does not want this. This feature was mentioned in 168 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Backup: As reported in 164 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. Offers encrypted backup recovery stored by the vendor.
SSO: Provides a single access point for users to access multiple cloud products without multiple logins. This feature was mentioned in 168 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Multi-Factor Authentication: Based on 172 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: Supports required 3rd party Authentication Technologies. Example systems: bioMetric, passwords, key cards, token based systems, etc. This feature was mentioned in 160 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Multi-Factor Authentication: Provides support for Multi-Factor authentication, so users are required to provide multiple factors to authenticate. 87 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Single Sign-On: Based on 88 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. Provides a single access point for users to access multiple cloud products without multiple logins.
BYOD support: Based on 77 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. Enables users to bring-your-own-device to access company applications.
Password Vault: As reported in 82 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. Stores credentials and passwords in a secure vault. Eliminates hard-coded passwords. Hides passwords from users.
Centralized management: Based on 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: Configure which events will trigger a notification to prevent privileged access abuse in real-time. 85 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Hide passwords: Offers the option to hide passwords when sharing with users, such as contract workers 81 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Temporary, time-limited privilege: Allows for temporary privileges for a defined task or period of time, to reduce the risk of credential abuse. 81 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
FIDO2-compliant: Offers FIDO2-enabled authentication method 85 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Works with hardware security keys: Works with hardware security keys This feature was mentioned in 91 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Multiple authentication methods: As reported in 111 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. 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: Offers solutions when users are offline or do not have access to a mobile phone. 100 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
User provisioning: Simplifies or automates user provisioning, deprovisioning, and other user role changes. This feature was mentioned in 226 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Password manager: Offers password management tools to end users. This feature was mentioned in 193 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Single Sign-on: Based on 223 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. 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: Based on 216 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 224 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. Authenticates users prior to granting access to company systems.
Multi-factor authentication: Offers multi-factor authentication methods to verify a user's identity. This feature was mentioned in 222 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.

Access Control (4)

Role Management: Establish roles that create a set of authentication rights for each user in the role This feature was mentioned in 170 Microsoft Entra ID reviews.
Access Termination: Based on 164 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. Terminate access to multiple applications based on dates
Remote Access: Based on 155 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. Controls access to legacy applications, web based applications, networks resources while employees are outside the local area network.
Partner Access: Controls access to users that are not company employees that are either within the companies local area network or outside the network 151 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.

Monitoring (3)

Reporting (2)

Type (2)

Reporting (4)

Tracking: Based on 203 Microsoft Entra ID reviews. Tracks user activities across protected systems.
Reporting: Provides reporting functionality. 212 reviewers of Microsoft Entra ID have provided feedback on this feature.
Access & Permission Change Reporting: Log and report all modifications to user roles and access rights.
Compliance & Audit Trail Export: Provide standardized reports for regulatory compliance and audits.