CrowdStrike Falcon vs Microsoft Entra ID comparison

CrowdStrike and Microsoft are both solutions in the Identity Management (IM) category. CrowdStrike is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.7, while Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.7. Additionally, 97% of CrowdStrike users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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We performed a comparison between CrowdStrike Falcon and Microsoft Entra ID based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Identity Management (IM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed CrowdStrike Falcon vs. Microsoft Entra ID Report (Updated: September 2024).

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CrowdStrike Falcon vs. Microsoft Entra ID

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Omada Identity

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reviewer2395149

Security Architect at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Apr 26, 2024

Helps to deploy IGA within 12 weeks by focusing on fundamentals and best practices

At the moment, because we just started our journey, its benefits are very limited. We are focused. We had an in-house IGA solution over the past 25 to 30 years, so our main focus was doing a technical migration first. We have some improvements to current processes, but we are not yet fully leveraging all the capabilities that Omada can give us. We are focused on our first technical migration. Omada can help to deploy IGA within 12 weeks by focusing on fundamentals and best practices. That was the idea. That was also something I warned them about upfront. I told them it would be a real challenge within our organization. If they start from a blank page, the 12-week initiative that they have is achievable, but for an organization that already has certain processes and a tool in place, 12 weeks is not possible. We tried, but we could not meet that. We failed, but that is not a problem with the package. It is more of a problem as an organization. During the initial conversations at the start of the projects, we did say that we would give it a try and see where we end up. We would not focus too much on 12 weeks. They have been flexible to it as well. Just because they have listed it as a 12-week initiative, it does not mean that they are not flexible to go beyond those 12 weeks. It is set up to remove an employee's access as soon as that employee leaves our organization, but we have limited scope today. It is currently only for a subset of applications. The goal is to have all major applications or data resources integrated, and then we would achieve that scenario. Omada Identity has had a positive effect on our security posture. We are able to remove certain accesses in a centralized control way. We are able to remove certain roles or update some of the basic roles. Our provisioning process is definitely faster today. With the previous solution, we needed to wait for overnight synchronization and scripting to run, whereas now, it is every six hours. It is definitely faster, but we are working to improve even the six-hour schedules. The out-of-the-box connectors that Omada provides for the applications work. They need a little bit of effort in integration and setup, but they work.

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Marco-VIVALDELLI

CEO at MARVIV SRLS

Apr 30, 2024

It works with all devices and operating systems easily to provide integrated security

Falcon has the capacity to identify potential problems quickly. The administrator can deploy the agent, and the users cannot change it. This assures you that the agent remains on this device. Also, the agent can act preemptively to provide alerts about potential problems. When there's a problem, you can follow the rules. For example, you can put a file that might be infected into quarantine or lock the device, preventing it from propagating the threat to other devices or networks. The agents are collecting information and feeding that back into the CrowdStrike platform, so you have 24/7 control and visibility. Falcon's deep learning capabilities are flexible and work across multiple operating systems. You can control everything from the same place, whether you're dealing with a Windows, Linux, or Mac device. You can define your policies precisely and decide how you want the platform to respond in any situation. CrowdStrike's AI approach is interesting because it improves the capacity to correlate information based on all the deployments on devices worldwide. It analyzes this data to identify something anomalous that could potentially be a problem in your environment. Falcon can isolate the issue to determine if it's a real threat. You will get an email saying the platform has identified a potential problem they are investigating. Falcon explains the steps they are taking. After the issue has been resolved, you will get another message showing CrowdStrike's analysis and evidence that the problem is now under control. I get about 20 emails from CrowdStrike daily.

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reviewer2315730

It enterprise director at a university with 10,001+ employees

Nov 28, 2023

Offers a good set of features, which includes provisioning, deprovisioning, stability, and scalability

My organization is less familiar with some of the new tools in the market, so I don't know whether I can speak about what needs improvement in Microsoft Entra ID presently. I have to absorb whatever I have learned about Microsoft Entra ID. I don't know if I can say what additional features need to be introduced in the product, but I can say that the product looks promising based on what I have learned about Microsoft Entra ID. Attempts to simplify hooks to perform access management are not always easy, but in my organization, we might be able to make some progress in the future. Microsoft's technical support has shortcomings where improvements are required.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"I appreciate all the support we receive from Omada."

"The customer success and support teams have been crucial."

"Support-wise, working with Omada has been good. We have very good direct interactions and fast responses."

"It scales in terms of numbers and types of identities. It can govern the on-premise applications as well as the cloud applications. So, it can manage hybrid environments with all types of identities and various load amounts."

"It has a lot of out-of-the-box features. It is flexible, and there are a lot of possibilities to configure and extend it. It is user-friendly. It has an interface that is end-user or business-user friendly."

"The key benefit of Omada Identity is maintaining complete control."

"Two valuable features of Omada Identity are the ability to discover accounts and link them to identities, and the automatic disabling of inactive accounts or identities."

"The thing that I find most valuable is that Omada consists of building blocks, which means that you can configure almost anything you want without using custom code, making it pretty easy to do. It's possible to connect to multiple target systems and to create one role that consists of different permissions in the different target systems. So one role in Omada can make sure that you have an account in three different systems."

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"It's given me a level of confidence that my network is secure."

"I have found the connection to search the hosts for detections very useful in CrowdStrike Falcon."

"Its integration capability is valuable. It integrates easily with any OS."

"Because it is security product and acts like an AIML smart product, not merely based on daily/weekly updates and signatures."

"It is an easy product to deploy."

"The most valuable feature is that we don't need to re-image machines as much as we had to."

"CrowdStrike Falcon's most valuable features are the lightweight agent which has absolutely zero performance issues. There is no performance deterioration on the laptop on the network. It is a signature-less antivirus and anti-malware solution, it doesn't depend on signatures which better protects the systems."

"The initial setup is very simple."

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"The most important things of Azure Active Directory are the security and the facility to manage all the services and users. It is very easy to manage users and assign roles, permissions, and access. At the same time, it is a very secure environment. Microsoft takes security very seriously. They take care of all the security and all the factors to prevent any kind of data or information compromise."

"Personally, I'm a great fan of Azure Active Directory due to the security and compliance features that are there in the classic or default Azure Active Directory."

"Azure Active Directory provides access to resources in a very secure manner. We can detect which user is logging in to access resources on the cloud. It gives us a comprehensive audit trace in terms of from where a user signed in and whether a sign-in is a risky sign-in or a normal sign-in. So, there is a lot of security around the access to resources, which helps us in realizing that a particular sign-in is not a normal sign-in. If a sign-in is not normal, Azure Active Directory automatically blocks it for us and sends us an email, and unless we allow that user, he or she won't be able to log in. So, the User Identity Protection feature is the most liked feature for me in Azure Active Directory."

"The performance is good."

"Privileged Identity Management and Privileged Identity Management make controlling access considerably easier and ensure that authorized access is achieved."

"The tool's most valuable feature is auto logs. It helps with user activity and monitoring. It also assists us with GLBA policies and procedures. Microsoft Entra ID gives a 360 view of what the user has access to, what applications are available to them, when they are logging in and out, etc. It makes knowing what is happening to our tenants incredibly powerful."

"Syncing with our on-prem Active Directory is valuable because we do not have to keep multiple identities for each of our staff members. We can easily evaluate login risks and provide access for SSO via 365 into applications, such as Salesforce, and other things that we run our business on."

"Privileged Identity Management (PIM), managed identities, dynamic groups, and extension and security attributes are all great features."

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Cons

"I would like to see them expand the functionality of the tool to continue to be competitive with the monsters out there. For example, they could add functionality on the authentication side, functionality that Octa and SailPoint have. But they should do that while maintaining the same simplicity that makes Omada a product of choice today."

"Its flexibility is both a good thing and a bad thing. Because it is very flexible, it also becomes too complex. This is common for most of the products we evaluated. Its scalability should be better. It had a few scalability issues."

"The backend is pretty good but the self-service request access screen, the GUI, needs improvement. It's an old-fashioned screen. Also, Omada has reports, but I wouldn't dare show them to the business because they look like they're from 1995. I know they are working on these things and that’s good, because they’re really needed."

"When making a process, you should be able to use some coding to do some advanced calculations. The calculations you can currently do are too basic. I would also like some additional script features."

"The Omada support response time has room for improvement."

"We are still on Omada on-prem, but I understand that when Omada is in the cloud, you cannot send an attachment via email. We have some emails with attachments for new employees because we have to explain to them how to register and do their multi-factor authentication. All that information is in the attachment. People have to do that before they are in our system. We cannot give them a link to our Intranet and SharePoint because they do not yet have access. They have to register before that, so I need to send the attachments, but this functionality is not there in the cloud."

"I would like more training. As someone who is new to this world, I don't feel that the courses Omada provides are good enough. They should also improve the documentation. It is difficult to learn how to use the solution by yourself"

"There's a challenge with handling large amounts of data in this system."

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"CrowdStrike should add support for ransomware protection."

"CrowdStrike Falcon could improve by adding manual scanning or serverless scanning. It is not available at this time."

"Some of Falcon's features are a bit pricey."

"This solution is relatively expensive."

"Enhancements in reporting and forensic analysis could benefit the product."

"They need to strengthen the forensic capabilities of this product, for e-discovery."

"For CrowdStrike to work, all the machines need to have an internet connection. This makes it challenging to assist customers without an internet connection. We would like to have a mechanism or relay to make this possible."

"The solution could improve by providing more types of reports because it's in the detection span you cannot re-export anything. If it could be exported to a CSV file directly there it would help a lot. I currently need to do this by API to get what I need."

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"The workflow management for registering new applications and users could be improved."

"There are some features, where if you want to access them, then you need to make use of PowerShell. If someone is not really versed in PowerShell scripting, then they would definitely have issues using some of those features in Azure Active Directory."

"The security policy of Azure Active Directory should be based on a matrix so that we can easily visualize which users have access to what."

"Overall, it's not a very intuitive solution."

"Its area of improvement is more about the synchronization of accounts and the intervals for that. Sometimes, there're customers with other network challenges, and it takes a while for synchronization to happen to the cloud. There is some component of their on-prem that is delaying things getting to the cloud. The turnaround time for these requests is very time-sensitive. I don't mean this as derogatory for this service, but in my experience, that happens a lot."

"Something that can be improved is their user interface"

"The price has room for improvement."

"The licensing and support are expensive and have room for improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is fairly priced for an on-premise environment, but for the cloud environment, I am not that happy with the pricing."

"Being Dutch, I can only say that it is extremely expensive, but all software products are expensive. If you have 38,000 users, then even one dollar or one euro per person would amount to a significant amount of money. Because of the high number of users, anything gets expensive very fast here."

"It is licensed per managed user per year."

"Omada is too expensive. We are in the automotive industry. The pricing might be high because most of the other customers are in the insurance or banking sectors, but it's steep for an auto supply company."

"Omada Identity offers a reasonable price point, but it will increase as we transition to the cloud."

"The initial total cost of ownership to implement Omada Identity is not small. The TCO for the implementation is as high as any other solution. However, the cost of maintaining the solution is at par or lower than competitors, including adding more features or maintaining the system after the initial deployment or installation to make sure that they are available for users to use or extending the functionalities of those activities. Those maintenance costs are lower than other vendors, but the initial cost of getting the system installed is still high."

"It is not cheap. It is expensive, but compared to what we did almost three years ago, it is value for money. It is worth it."

"Omada continues to be very competitive on pricing, especially on the Omada cloud product."

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"CrowdStrike Falcon is one of the more expensive endpoint solutions on the market."

"I'm not directly involved in sales, so I can't comment on the exact price, but I know the price decreases the higher the quantity we purchase."

"With respect to pricing, my suggestion to others is to evaluate the environment and purchase what you need."

"The solution's pricing is great for us."

"As I'm part of the technical team, not the budgeting team, I don't have information on CrowdStrike Falcon pricing."

"Annual licensing."

"Our licensing fees were between $50,000 and $60,000 per year, which was pretty expensive for a small business."

"We bought a very small number of licenses, then ran it for a year. We bought a 100 licenses for a year, so we didn't actually do a proof of concept. We just bought them. Then, the next year, we bought 10,000 licenses."

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"Licensing fees are paid on a monthly basis and the cost depends on the number of users."

"MFA and P2 licenses for two Azures for fully-enabled scenarios and features cost a lot of money. This is where Okta is trying to get the prices down."

"Entra has P1 and P2 licenses that are bundled with lots of applications."

"Azure has an educational package available for students with a variety of licenses and different software available."

"It is in line. Because we are so early, we have not had to come back on a cycle where we are having to negotiate again."

"Azure Active Directory is expensive."

"We are working with the Premium P2 licenses, which are reasonable. If you invest in the on-premises environment setup, then it costs so much. However, on-prem AD gives you the ability to manage your organization in a very organized manner, where you can create a group policy."

"It is very expensive. Its price should be lower. Price is the most important factor for Turkish people."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Educational Organization

29%

Computer Software Company

11%

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Manufacturing Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Omada Identity?

We don't have to go in and do a lot of the work that we did before. It may have saved us somewhere in the range of 10...

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What needs improvement with Omada Identity?

There are some technical bits and pieces that we have looked at that could be better. For instance, when you do a rec...

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What is your primary use case for Omada Identity?

We wanted a solution that could help us make HR the master of identities. We wanted a solution that could take that d...

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Comparing CrowdStrike Falcon to Cortex XDR (Palo Alto)

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto vs. CrowdStrike Falcon Both Cortex XDR and Crowd Strike Falcon offer cloud-based solutions th...

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How does Crowdstrike Falcon compare with Darktrace?

Both of these products perform similarly and have many outstanding attributes. CrowdStrike Falcon offers an amazing u...

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How does Microsoft Defender for Endpoint compare with Crowdstrike Falcon?

The CrowdStrike solution delivers a lot of information about incidents. It has a very light sensor that will never pu...

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How does Duo Security compare with Microsoft Authenticator?

We switched to Duo Security for identity verification. We’d been using a competitor but got the chance to evaluate Du...

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What do you like most about Azure Active Directory?

It is very simple. The Active Directory functions are very easy for us. Its integration with anything is very easy. W...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Active Directory?

The pricing is expensive. It's in US dollars. I'd rate the affordability of pricing six out of ten.

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Comparisons

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CyberArk Privileged Access Manager vs Omada Identity

Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

Fortinet FortiEDR vs CrowdStrike Falcon

Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

Okta Workforce Identity vs Microsoft Entra ID

Compared 8% of the time

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August 2024

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Also Known As

Omada Identity Suite, Omada Identity Cloud

CrowdStrike Falcon, CrowdStrike Falcon XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Threat Intelligence, CrowdStrike Identity Protection, CrowdStrike Falcon Surface

Azure AD, Azure Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Authenticator

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Overview

Omada Identity is an identity governance and administration (IGA) solution designed to help organizations manage and secure digital identities and access across their IT environments. It focuses on enhancing security, compliance, and efficiency by automating identity management processes.

Omada Identity offers a robust set of features that streamline identity lifecycle management, access governance, and compliance reporting. It integrates with a wide range of IT systems, applications, and data sources, providing a centralized platform for managing user identities and access rights. The solution enables organizations to enforce security policies, ensure regulatory compliance, and reduce the risk of unauthorized access.

What are the critical features of Omada Identity?

Identity Lifecycle Management: Automates the process of creating, updating, and deactivating user identities throughout their lifecycle.
Access Governance: Ensures that users have appropriate access rights, enabling continuous monitoring and recertification of access.
Compliance Reporting: Provides comprehensive reporting capabilities to demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements.
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Simplifies the assignment and management of access rights based on user roles within the organization.
Self-Service Access Requests: Empowers users to request access to resources through a user-friendly portal, reducing administrative burden.
Integration Capabilities: Seamlessly integrates with various systems, applications, and data sources for unified identity and access management.

What benefits or ROI items should users look for in the reviews when evaluating Omada Identity?

Improved Security: By ensuring that only authorized users have access to sensitive information, Omada Identity enhances overall security posture.
Regulatory Compliance: Helps organizations meet compliance requirements by providing detailed audit trails and reporting features.
Operational Efficiency: Automates routine identity management tasks, reducing manual effort and freeing up IT resources for strategic initiatives.
User Productivity: Streamlines access management processes, enabling users to quickly obtain the resources they need to perform their jobs.
Reduced Risk: Minimizes the risk of data breaches and insider threats by enforcing strict access controls and continuous monitoring.

Omada Identity is widely adopted across various industries, including healthcare, finance, and manufacturing. In healthcare, it helps protect patient data and comply with regulations like HIPAA. In finance, it ensures compliance with SOX and other financial regulations. In manufacturing, it secures access to sensitive production data and intellectual property.

Pricing and licensing for Omada Identity are typically based on the number of users and the specific features required. Customer support is available through various channels, including online resources, support tickets, and professional services for implementation and customization.

In summary, Omada Identity is a comprehensive IGA solution that enhances security, compliance, and efficiency in managing digital identities and access.

CrowdStrike Falcon provides endpoint protection and threat intelligence using a cloud-based platform for real-time detection and response. Its minimal impact on system performance and ease of deployment are key benefits along with advanced logging and reporting for compliance and forensic analysis.

CrowdStrike Falcon is known for its efficacy in identifying malware, ransomware, and sophisticated cyber threats. The platform's cloud-native architecture and advanced AI capabilities ensure comprehensive endpoint visibility and rapid response times. Users appreciate the lightweight agent and seamless deployment process, along with detailed reporting features. Integration with security tools and efficient customer support are essential features, although some users highlight high pricing, occasional detection delays, and challenges with integration. Frequent alerts and the mobile app's performance are areas for improvement.

What are the key features of CrowdStrike Falcon?

Real-time Threat Detection: Provides immediate threat identification and response.
Lightweight Agent: Minimal impact on system performance.
Cloud-native Architecture: Ensures flexibility and scalability.
Advanced AI Capabilities: Enhances threat detection and prevention.
Comprehensive Endpoint Visibility: Complete insight into endpoint activities.
Detailed Reporting: Facilitates compliance and forensic analysis.
Security Tool Integration: Seamless integration with other tools.
Efficient Customer Support: Robust support services.

What are the benefits or ROI of CrowdStrike Falcon?

Improved Threat Detection: Identifies sophisticated threats, reducing risk.
Enhanced System Performance: Lightweight agent ensures minimal disruption.
Faster Response Times: Swift reaction to incidents minimizes damage.
Better Compliance: Detailed logs meet regulatory requirements.
Streamlined Deployment: Easy to implement with minimal downtime.

In industries like finance, healthcare, and retail, CrowdStrike Falcon is often used for critical security due to its robust threat detection capabilities. Financial firms value its rapid response and detailed reporting for compliance, while healthcare providers appreciate the minimal system performance impact. Retailers benefit from its comprehensive endpoint visibility and integration with other security tools.

Microsoft Entra ID is used for extending on-premises Active Directory to the cloud, managing application access, enabling multi-factor authentication, and single sign-on. It facilitates policy enforcement and secure access, ensuring centralized identity management across cloud and on-premises resources.

Organizations utilize Microsoft Entra ID for robust user and group management, identity synchronization, and conditional access. Its seamless integration with third-party apps, scalability, and support for remote work make it a preferred choice. The admin center streamlines identity and access tasks, enhancing efficiency and security with features like privileged identity management and audit logs.

What are the key features of Microsoft Entra ID?

Single Sign-On: Simplifies user access to multiple applications with one login.
Multifactor Authentication: Enhances security by requiring additional verification.
Conditional Access: Establishes policies that determine how users' access cloud apps.
Integration: Easily integrates with various third-party applications.
User Identity Protection: Safeguards user identities from threats.
Privileged Identity Management: Manages elevated access to sensitive resources.
Audit Logs: Provides thorough activity logs for oversight and compliance.

What benefits should users look for in Microsoft Entra ID reviews?

Enhanced Security: Offers strong multifactor authentication and identity protection.
Administrative Efficiency: Simplifies identity and access management tasks.
Scalability: Supports growing user bases and remote work environments.
Integration Capabilities: Compatible with numerous third-party applications.
User-Friendly Interface: Makes managing user identities straightforward.

Microsoft Entra ID implementation varies across industries. Tech firms leverage it for secure, scalable access management, while healthcare organizations utilize its identity protection features to safeguard patient data. Educational institutions adopt Entra ID for streamlined user management and policy enforcement, ensuring secure access for students and staff across on-premises and cloud resources.

Sample Customers

Bayer, ECCO Shoes, Vattenfall, NuStar Energy, Unicredit, Schiphol Group, BMW Group, Deutsche Leasing

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Microsoft Entre ID is trusted by companies of all sizes and industries including Walmart, Zscaler, Uniper, Amtrak, monday.com, and more.

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