Your organization plans to deploy Microsoft 365 in a hybrid scenario. You need to ensure that employees can use a smart card for authentication. Which hybrid identity solution should you implement?

The correct answer is B. Active Directory federation Services (AD FS). Federated authentication When you choose this authentication method, Azure AD hands off the authentication process to a separate trusted authentication system, such as on-premises Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), to validate the user’s password. The authentication sy

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Your organization plans to deploy Microsoft 365 in a hybrid scenario. You need to ensure that employees can use a smart card for authentication. Which hybrid identity solution should you implement?

Options

Apassword hash synchronization with single sign on
BActive Directory federation Services (AD FS)
CPing federate and federation integration
Dpass-through authentication and single sign-on

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A
11% (4)
B
82% (31)
C
3% (1)
D
5% (2)

Explanation

Federated authentication When you choose this authentication method, Azure AD hands off the authentication process to a separate trusted authentication system, such as on-premises Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), to validate the user’s password. The authentication system can provide additional advanced authentication requirements. Examples are smartcard-based authentication or third-party multifactor authentication. For more information, see Deploying Active Directory Federation Services. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/choose-ad-authn

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