Is Azure AD a IaaS, SaaS, or a combination of both? - Microsoft Q&A (2024)

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Is Azure AD SaaS or IaaS? ›

Azure offers a massive range of IaaS facilities depending on the needs of your business, from compute and networking to security and storage, including Container Service and Virtual Machines.

Azure DevOps is a Software as a service (SaaS) platform from Microsoft that provides an end-to-end DevOps toolchain for developing and deploying software. It also integrates with most leading tools on the market and is a great option for orchestrating a DevOps toolchain.

Azure App Service and Azure Container Apps are PaaS services.

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Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is a Microsoft cloud-based service that falls under the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) category.

Adding onto what was shared by David, when it comes to Azure AD / Microsoft Entra ID, it does support both PaaS and SaaS services. Azure AD / Microsoft Entra ID is a cloud-based Identity as a Service (IDaaS) provider that offers a broad range of identity and access management capabilities for organization.

Software as a service (SaaS) allows users to connect to and use cloud-based apps over the Internet. Common examples are email, calendaring, and office tools (such as Microsoft Office 365). SaaS provides a complete software solution that you purchase on a pay-as-you-go basis from a cloud service provider.

Azure Virtual Machines are image service instances Azure IaaS uses to deploy persistent VMs with nearly any server workload that you want. They are image service instances that provide on-demand and scalable computing resources with usage-based pricing.

What is the difference between IaaS, PaaS and SaaS with example in Azure? ›

IAAS gives access to the resources like virtual machines and virtual storage. PAAS gives access to run time environment to deployment and development tools for application. SAAS gives access to the end user. It is a service model that provides virtualized computing resources over the internet.

PaaS, or platform as a service, is on-demand access to a complete, ready-to-use, cloud-hosted platform for developing, running, maintaining and managing applications. SaaS, or software as a service, is on-demand access to ready-to-use, cloud-hosted application software.

Software as a service (SaaS) allows users to connect to and use cloud-based apps over the Internet. Common examples are email, calendaring, and office tools (such as Microsoft Office 365).

Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is Microsoft's enterprise cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) solution. Azure AD is the backbone of the Office 365 system, and it can sync with on-premise Active Directory and provide authentication to other cloud-based systems via OAuth.

Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is Microsoft's cloud-based service for managing identities and controlling access. It enables seamless access to applications, while simultaneously monitoring user identities and access privileges.

Hi is it Azure files part of IAAS or PAAS ? An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud. Azure Files is part of Microsoft Azure's Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering.