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Conditional Access Control with Microsoft Azure Active Directory For many organizations, Microsoft Active Directory represents the single, canonical source of truth for the identities of employees and trusted users. When building and deploying cloud‑based business applications, the Azure platform is particularly attractive due to its native integration with Active Directory. Microsoft Azure supports a wide range of standards‑based federated identity and single sign‑on technologies to help developers authenticate, consume, and make decisions based on the identities of users defined in Active Directory. However, there are some scenarios where it is challenging or undesirable to implement these standards‑based technologies at the application level, such as: When moving existing applications to the cloud, it can be difficult to modernize the underlying authentication system to support single sign‑on. When building a microservices‑style application, it is preferable to centralize the authentication and access control [ more… ]

Save the Date! NGINX Conf 2018 in Atlanta, October 8-10 We at NGINX request the pleasure of your company at NGINX Conf 2018, the fourth annual NGINX conference. It will begin Monday, October 8 with a training day, followed by the conference on Tuesday, October 9th and Wednesday, October 10, all in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Why Atlanta, and why October? Atlanta, “the new cultural capital of America“, is the star of an award-winning show on FX and the major filming site for the movie Black Panther. Attractions include the Atlanta Botanical Garden, the Georgia Aquarium, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site. Restaurants are world-class, and nightlife is rich and varied. The weather should be great. The average daytime temperature for Atlanta in early October is a summery 75F (24C), with night-time lows “plunging” to about 55F (13C). [ more… ]