Everyone working in Microsoft tech probably knows the typical hybrid identity architecture: Active Directory as the identity source, synchronised to Azure AD for authentication, authorization and service provisioning in the cloud. However, Azure AD provides identity and access management capabilities superior to those your on-premises AD is able to deliver out of the box.

In this talk, we will dive into Azure AD Directory Services, see what functional gaps can be closed by adding it to your hybrid environment, where the limits of this concept lie and what else Microsoft has to offer so that we can overcome those limits.