Deployment scenarios for Office 365 with single sign-on and Azure

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Applies to: Office 365

Summary: Introduces Office 365 deployment scenarios that use single sign-on and Azure Virtual Machines.

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When you deploy all the Office 365 federation components on Azure Virtual Machines, you get some advantages over an on-premises deployment. These advantages include rapid implementation, predictable costs, and no additional on-premises servers being required. Alternatively, you can host a subset of the federation components in Azure while deploying some components on-premises.

About the deployment scenarios

Although additional options are possible, there are three optimal deployment scenarios:

  • Scenario 1: All Office 365 SSO integration components deployed on-premises. This is the traditional approach; you deploy directory synchronization and Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) by using on-premises servers.

  • Scenario 2: All Office 365 SSO integration components deployed in Azure. This is the new, cloud-only approach; you deploy directory synchronization and AD FS in Azure. This eliminates the need to deploy on-premises servers.

  • Scenario 3: Some Office 365 SSO integration components deployed in Azure for disaster recovery. This is the mix of on-premises and cloud-deployed components; you deploy directory synchronization and AD FS, primarily on-premises and add redundant components in Azure for disaster recovery.

Deployment scenario articles

The following articles provide information about deployment scenarios for Office 365 with single sign-on (SSO) using Virtual Machines:

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About Office 365 and Azure Active Directory

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Decide whether single sign-on with Azure Virtual Machines is right for your organization

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Design considerations for Office 365 with single sign-on and Azure Virtual Machines

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Scenario: Directory integration components on-premises

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Deployment scenario: Office 365 directory integration components deployed in Azure

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Deployment scenario: Directory integration components in Azure for disaster recovery

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Checkpoint: Key requirements for Office 365 single sign-on with Azure Virtual Machines

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Risk and mitigation for Office 365 for SSO with Azure Virtual Machines