{"id":18696,"date":"2018-08-13T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jumpcloud.com\/?p=18696"},"modified":"2024-12-20T15:34:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T20:34:57","slug":"cloud-identity-provider-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/cloud-identity-provider-comparison","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Identity Provider Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The identity provider (IdP)<\/a> market is a cornerstone of the world of IT. The market itself has largely been confined to Microsoft\u00ae<\/sup> Active Directory\u00ae<\/sup> (MAD or AD) and OpenLDAP\u2122<\/a> over the last twenty years. In the cloud age, however, new challengers are entering the IdP scene. The thought of a new era in identity management and engaging in a cloud IdP comparison is an exciting one.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n As stated earlier, the traditional IdP space was dominated by MAD and OpenLDAP. During their heyday, most (if not all) IT environments were Windows<\/span>\u00ae<\/sup><\/span>-based, so creating identities for the workforce\u2019s end users was quite simple. Since IT resources were under the same platform \u201cumbrella,\u201d one identity could authenticate user access to everything, be it Exchange\u2122, Office\u2122, Outlook\u2122, etc. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n With the advent of cloud technology, however, the IdP champions\u2019 belts came under contention. New web-based resources, such as Salesforce, <\/span>AWS\u00ae<\/sup>, G Suite\u2122<\/span><\/a>, Dropbox\u2122, etc. revolutionized the way that the workforce operated. They also presented an interesting challenge to MAD and OpenLDAP. Both IdPs were optimized for on-prem, Windows-based enterprises, so these new cloud applications were very foreign to MAD and OpenLDAP\u2019s sensibilities.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Reigning IdP Champions<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n
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