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What is Microsoft Entra External ID?

Secure and manage customer and partner identities beyond your organization.

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Secure and manage customer and partner identities beyond your organization.


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Seller
Microsoft
Year Founded
1975
HQ Location
Redmond, Washington
Twitter
@microsoft
14,031,499 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
238,990 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
MSFT
Phone
+1 (877) 276-2464
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$204,090
Description

Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately

8,000 passionate employees worldwide.


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Hayley R.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Simple yet effective"
I am relieved to finally have all of my customer data in one place. All of my information is organized in a simplistic manner. I feel confident tha...
Dhruvil B.
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Dhruvil B.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Security At It's Best"
The best thing about Its low-code development environment makes it accessible to a wide range of users, including business analysts and subject mat...
David Alejandro C.
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David Alejandro C.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Protect your applications? Microsoft Entra Ext ID is the solution!"
Microsoft Entra External ID is the ultimate solution integrate with office 365 to secure your applications, connections, infrastructure and access ...
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David Alejandro C.
DC
Desktop and network consultant
Information Services
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Microsoft Entra External ID?

Microsoft Entra External ID is the ultimate solution integrate with office 365 to secure your applications, connections, infrastructure and access to your software company resources. For administrators y easy to manage and to deploy. Implementation takes at least 4 months but is affordable and Microsoft give excellent support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Entra External ID?

It´s a little bit expensive but it worth it if you need to protect your apps and integrations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Entra External ID solving and how is that benefiting you?

Help my devops team to ensure that the developed products and integrations with other apps are secured into one platform, also we have office 365 connections and it´s easier to monitor and approve integrations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pawan K.
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Senior Consultant - Active Directory
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Microsoft Entra External ID?

What we like is esay enrollment of our partners as guest users and integrating with microsoft tenant. We can also design the self service onboarding portal for end users.

It also supports conditional polcies and MFA controlls to implement our organisation security policies.

It's easy to enroll and allow application access accross the organisation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Entra External ID?

Microsoft Entra External ID is a bit expansive as compared to B2C. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Entra External ID solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is providing seamless experince on user login and onboarding. It supports the MFA and other compliance setting through Azure conditional policies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Entra External ID?

The most helpful thing about Microsoft Entra External ID is it gives a safe and easy way to communicate with external users such as my partners or volunteers on documents and projects. I personally along as hundreds of my collegues use this platform on a daily basis! My collegues ages vary from in their 20's to their 60's, all seem to use this easily or are able to learn it very quickly. If i did not have this wonderful tool, my organization would struggle on securely working with external users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Entra External ID?

What i dislike about Microsoft Entra External ID is some of my external partners or volunteers have trouble accessing certain documents sent to them depending on which internet browser they are using. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Entra External ID solving and how is that benefiting you?

Microsoft Entra External ID solves the problem of working safely on confidential information with external partners or volunteers. Weekly i am able to send out spreadsheets or other documents to external users and know the user is going to be able to access it easily as well as having an eas of mind knowing the information is safe. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dhruvil B.
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Data Research Analyst
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Microsoft Entra External ID?

The best thing about Its low-code development environment makes it accessible to a wide range of users, including business analysts and subject matter experts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Entra External ID?

My organization prefers other cloud providers , the deep integration with Microsoft services may be a limitation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Entra External ID solving and how is that benefiting you?

It manages all the logins of my clients and I can give access for login them to via different options like Id & Pass, Id & OTP, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Microsoft Entra External ID?

I am relieved to finally have all of my customer data in one place. All of my information is organized in a simplistic manner. I feel confident that anyone within my business can effectively use this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Entra External ID?

There are few things i dislike about this product but having live access to customer service, specifically for this product would be a plus Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Entra External ID solving and how is that benefiting you?

We went from using excel and other programs similar to manage all of our customer data to using Microsoft entra. All of our customer data is easily accessible and organized Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Microsoft Entra External ID?

Access through a single sign-on using a user-provided identity, incorporating progressive profiling to gather information gradually and authentically verifying individual customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Entra External ID?

Pricing, The service operates on a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) model.

Tailoring options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Entra External ID solving and how is that benefiting you?

Entra External ID streamlines the management of external users, making it more efficient and less cumbersome for administrators to handle external identities.

Eliminating the Need for Custom Sign-In Systems: With Entra External ID, there's no longer a requirement for complex and customized sign-in systems. This simplification enhances user experience and reduces the burden on IT teams to maintain intricate sign-in processes.

Staying Updated with Innovative Features: By leveraging Microsoft Entra External ID, users can stay at the forefront of innovation. The platform continually introduces new and advanced features, ensuring that organizations can harness the latest tools and functionalities for enhanced productivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nilton N.
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Managing Director
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Microsoft Entra External ID?

The most helpful about Microsoft Entra External ID is allowing communicating and sharing with users external to our own environment.

The unifying identity and network access is also helpful.

Secure access to any app or resource.

Upside, a single account access for all content across hybrid platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Entra External ID?

To the extent of my current knowledge i found nothing to dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Entra External ID solving and how is that benefiting you?

Business to Business direct connections, allowing connecting to other users in other teams over a shared channel. it's communication without boundaries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Entra External ID?

Entra External ID allows our company to manage all of our customers identities quickly and easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Entra External ID?

Entra External ID is a bit more than we need, but is still manageable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Entra External ID solving and how is that benefiting you?

As a CSP, We manage our customers Microsoft licensing and credentials and this provides us with further functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hari S.
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Software Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Microsoft Entra External ID?

It's very reliable and it's very scalable for getting users by using this API endpoint in my IPASS tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Entra External ID?

Pagenition concept need to enhance for more than 100 users also Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Entra External ID solving and how is that benefiting you?

Provisioning and deprovisoning user into SF portal now its become simple Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ND
Vice President
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Microsoft Entra External ID?

It is easy to use, user friendly, ease of integration, customer support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Entra External ID?

It require technical expertise and hence skilled resources Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Entra External ID solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is resolving the SSO or MFA or two-factor authentication at customer end Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.