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Design and implement integration for on-premises apps by using Microsoft Entra ID application proxy

Design and implement integration for on-premises apps by using Microsoft Entra ID application proxy

From the course: Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300) Cert Prep by Microsoft Press

Design and implement integration for on-premises apps by using Microsoft Entra ID application proxy

- [Instructor] Awright, we just need to know what this is and what it's used for. Essentially, Azure AD application proxy is a reverse proxy that enables users to access on-premises web apps remotely with no VPN required. That's the main business case. And in particular, these can be legacy web apps. In other words, not web apps that use modern day REST APIs, OpenAI, OpenID Connect and OAuth 2, but we're talking old fashioned, Windows-integrated IIS-type apps, that kind of thing. So you can support authenticated, secure connections from anywhere in the world through this application proxy. Again, without the overhead of A VPN, you're just going to come in on HTTPS TCP 443 as usual. The way this works from a setup standpoint is that you'll create an app registration in your Azure AD tenant for the on-premises web app. You'll configure the app for SSO and if you want to support SSO, you're going to need to have Azure AD Connect…

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