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Could you please define cloud based authentication services Azure AD B2C and B2B with it's uses and their differences if any. Please provide list of web resources if you can.
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Microsoft Azure B2B's primary use is to enable collaboration with Microsoft 365 applications and authorise users, from partners to suppliers, regardless of the identity provider. Whilst Microsoft Azure B2C's primary use it to support customer transactions through customised applications.
Azure AD is Microsoft's solution for managing employee access to SaaS apps and it has features designed for this purpose such as licensing and Conditional Access. Azure AD B2C provides an identity and access management platform for building web and mobile applications.
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) B2B collaboration is a feature within External Identities that lets you invite guest users to collaborate with your organization.
Azure Active Directory B2C (Azure AD B2C) is an identity management service that enables custom control of how your customers sign up, sign in, and manage their profiles when using your iOS, Android, . NET, single-page (SPA), and other applications.
The uses of Azure AD B2C (Business to Consumer) and Azure AD B2B (Business to Business) are very different. These differences are highlighted in the documentation.
B2C documentation: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/services/active-directory-b2c/
Azure Active Directory B2C is a highly available, global, identity management service for consumer-facing applications that scales to hundreds of millions of identities.
In a nutshell, it allows you to authenticate customers using social identities, like Facebook or Microsoft Account, but still within the context of Azure AD.
B2B documentation: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/documentation/articles/active-directory-b2b-collaboration-overview/
Azure AD B2B collaboration lets you enable access to your corporate applications from partner-managed identities. You can create cross-company relationships by inviting and authorizing users from partner companies to access your resources.
In a nutshell, it allows you to authenticate corporate users from other companies.
So one is for consumer-facing applications, and one is for business applications.
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https://predica.pl/blog/azure-ad-b2b-b2c-puzzled-out/
Azure AD is an identity as a service provider aimed at organization users to provide and control access to cloud resources
Azure AD B2B is not a separate service but a feature in Azure AD. It allows cross-organization collaboration in applications from an identity standpoint.
Azure AD B2C is an independent service for building a consumer application identity repository. If you need a service to handle email or Facebook login – it is there for you.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/b2b/compare-with-b2c
B2B collaboration capabilities
Single sign-on (SSO) to all Azure AD-connected apps is supported. For example, you can provide access to Office 365 or on-premises apps, and to other SaaS apps such as Salesforce or Workday.
Partner lifecycle: Managed by the host/inviting organization.
Azure AD B2C stand-alone offering
SSO to customer owned apps within the Azure AD B2C tenants is supported. SSO to Office 365 or to other Microsoft and non-Microsoft SaaS apps is not supported.
Customer lifecycle: Self-serve or managed by the application.
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