Entra External ID for Customers - first impression
Entra External ID for Customers is a new Azure Tenant type that allows you to create digital identities for your customers. Use cases B2B partners. You can create a dedicated customer tenant for your partners and give them access to your applications, manage users and groups in the tenant without partners’ access to your organisation (workforce tenant). Your data is fully secured and isolated. Online services and web shops for your retail. Full self-service is available to sign up/sign in and manage their accounts. You can also use social logins like Google or Facebook. Product pages, helpdesk and support. Keep customer engagement and provide them with the best experience. Cross-device authentication. User-friendly experience to log in on the TV screen, medical devices, or any other IoT where you can display a QR code or PIN to log in. What is Entra External ID for Customers? In simple words, it is a new tenant type. From now you can decide Workforce or Customer type. It is a new tenant type to create - so for customers, it is separate - and not connected with your organisation’s tenant. Please remember that the service is still in preview mode - but only till the 15th of May, so only limited features may be available. Service will be GA soon!! ...