office 365 + bitium

2
[email protected] | 1-855-424-8486 | bitium.com Automating Single Sign-On and User Management for Office 365 Microsoft Office 365 is a leading productivity suite of choice with frequently used applications such as email, instant messaging, calendar management, file sharing and storage, project management tools, and document production. It is the hub of your company’s collaboration and plays a vital role in your employees’ day-to-day productivity. A part of managing this usage is ensuring seamless and secure access to Office 365 for employees. Using single sign-on so employees can have one-click access to Office 365 from anywhere and providing IT a central place to provision, deprovision, and manage roles ensures you’re getting the most benefit from your Office 365 investment. In the age of providing a work from anywhere environment, securing your corporate data without hindering worker productivity is a major hurdle for organizations. Microsoft Office 365 Presents Access Challenges Managing Office 365 presents challenges for both end-users and IT. In the cloud era, workers use multiple SaaS apps and prefer to work across multiple devices. This new workflow, combined with the abundance of credentials they are expected to manage, presents authentication challenges. This often leads to security issues because users tend to use passwords that are easy to remember but not secure. They may also use the same password across multiple apps. For IT, they have no insight into all of the SaaS apps their employees are using and are unable to meet security and compliance requirements. Active Directory Integration Challenges IT has to figure out how best to integrate Office 365 with their Active directory and extend single sign-on without setting up and managing ADFS. ADFS is free but it is time intensive to set up and maintain, and drains scarce IT resources. The old adage, “Time is money,” is never more true than in today’s competitive business landscape, and when IT gets bogged down with ADFS administrative demands, they can’t meet other high priority business objectives. Ultimately, employee productivity and your Office 365 ROI suffers. Bitium is a cloud application and identity management platform that provides: Single Sign–on Automated User Management & Seamless Directory Integration SaaS optimization analytics – application usage, spend, and analysis Reporting & Compliances across all of your SaaS apps Two-factor authentication

Upload: bitium

Post on 28-Jul-2015

73 views

Category:

Software


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

[email protected] | 1-855-424-8486 | bitium.com

Automating Single Sign-On and User Management for Office 365 Microsoft Office 365 is a leading productivity suite of choice with frequently used applications such as email, instant messaging, calendar management, file sharing and storage, project management tools, and document production. It is the hub of your company’s collaboration and plays a vital role in your employees’ day-to-day productivity. A part of managing this usage is ensuring seamless and secure access to Office 365 for employees. Using single sign-on so employees can have one-click access to Office 365 from anywhere and providing IT a central place to provision, deprovision, and manage roles ensures you’re getting the most benefit from your Office 365 investment. In the age of providing a work from anywhere environment, securing your corporate data without hindering worker productivity is a major hurdle for organizations. Microsoft Office 365 Presents Access Challenges Managing Office 365 presents challenges for both end-users and IT. In the cloud era, workers use multiple SaaS apps and prefer to work across multiple devices. This new workflow, combined with the abundance of credentials they are expected to manage, presents authentication challenges. This often leads to security issues because users tend to use passwords that are easy to remember but not secure. They may also use the same password across multiple apps. For IT, they have no insight into all of the SaaS apps their employees are using and are unable to meet security and compliance requirements. Active Directory Integration Challenges IT has to figure out how best to integrate Office 365 with their Active directory and extend single sign-on without setting up and managing ADFS. ADFS is free but it is time intensive to set up and maintain, and drains scarce IT resources. The old adage, “Time is money,” is never more true than in today’s competitive business landscape, and when IT gets bogged down with ADFS administrative demands, they can’t meet other high priority business objectives. Ultimately, employee productivity and your Office 365 ROI suffers. Bitium is a cloud application and identity management platform that provides:

• Single Sign–on • Automated User Management & Seamless Directory Integration • SaaS optimization analytics – application usage, spend, and analysis • Reporting & Compliances across all of your SaaS apps • Two-factor authentication

Automating User Management and Single Sign-On for Office 365| 2

Bitium, Inc., 2448 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90405, USA | 1-855-424-8486 | bitium.com ©2014 Bitium, Inc. All rights reserved. Bitium and the Bitium logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Bitium Inc. in the USA and other countries. All other trademarks are

the property of their respective companies. Information is subject to change without notice.

Getting Started with a Free Trial

Get started with Bitium’s centralized application management platform to take advantage of our seamless integration into Office 365 and thousands of additional apps. This 15-day risk-free trial requires nothing more than your email address – no additional hardware or software is required. With Bitium, users can enjoy one-click access to Office 365 and all the apps they use, while IT can automate workflows, control SaaS usage efficiently, and keep corporate data secure.

Single Sign-On for Office 365 Along with integration, Bitium provides single sign-on through SAML, the industry’s most secure form of authentication. Setup takes minutes, as we provide step-by-step SAML and user management configuration instructions so you can easily set it up within Bitium and your Office 365 administrative console. Once complete, your users can sign into their Bitium dashboard and have one-click access to Office 365. You can enable single sign-on for any other app your organization uses. Automated User Management With Bitium, you can automate user management for Office 365. Setup is simple and Bitium provides a central administrative dashboard that allows you to quickly provision users. When a new person joins your company, you add them to Bitium, select a few options and they will have immediate access to Office 365. If you need to disable access for this employee, you can do so with one-click to ensure they no longer have access to the Office 365 account. Seamless Directory Integration Bitium offers an easily configurable and secure integration that connects Office 365 to your existing directory integration (Active Directory, LDAP, etc.). No additional hardware or application installation is required, and users can use their network credentials to sign into Bitium and enjoy one-click access to Office 365. For Active Directory customers, our integration eliminates the need to setup and manage ADFS. SaaS Optimization Bitium ensures you get the full return on investment from Office 365 by providing real-time insight into application usage. This reduces unnecessary SaaS costs and helps companies drive adoption. Reporting & Compliance Bitium provides detailed user and application reporting, so IT can access an audit log that shows what apps users accessed, from where, and which credential set was used for that access. Two-Factor Authentication – Secure your Data Office 365 houses your company’s most sensitive data and it’s crucial to make sure it is protected. Bitium offers two-factor authentication to help prevent unauthorized account logins by requiring two forms of authentication for employees when they sign into Bitium. These two factors include the user’s password and a one-time code generated through Google Authenticator, supported on iPhone, Android, and Windows phones.

Single Sign-On Dashboard: End users benefit from one-click access to all their apps.

Central Admin Dashboard: Admins can manage all apps and users from one place.