Windows Azure Pack standard installation includes authentication sites for both admin and tenant portals to leverage their default authentication mechanisms. Active directory provides authentication services worldwide. We can leverage AD features and capabilities by enabling our WAP portals to use ADFS for authentication.
This can enable service providers to authenticate tenant users against the tenant's own active directory hosted inside their on-premises infrastructure.
By default, Windows Azure Pack portals are configured to use the following authentication mechanisms.
The WAP management portal for administrators: Windows authentication
The WAP management portal for tenants—ASP.NET provider
Active Directory Federations Services are used to simplify login and enable true SSO (single sign on) capabilities across the applications and services hosted anywhere (on-premises/public...