Why Choose Okta vs. ADFS?

You’re moving to Microsoft 365 (formerly known as Office 365) from your existing on-premises solution and you want to minimize impact on users while keeping a strong security posture. This usually means leveraging single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA). You also want authentication directly tied back to existing user accounts in Active Directory to minimize disruption while users move to the cloud. Maybe it seems obvious to consider Microsoft ADFS for SSO with a user’s AD account—no need to reenter a password to access Microsoft 365, and any user logged into their AD domain will get right in. And all authentication happens directly against your on-premises Active Directory. Sounds great, right?

Unfortunately ADFS was designed for the old world of on-premises-first IT solutions. IT professionals today are looking to the cloud for SSO and MFA. Okta is the industry-leading cloud alternative to ADFS. Here are the top three reasons to use Okta instead of Microsoft ADFS.