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title: Modern Authentication 101
description: Modern Authentication and Authorization 101
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# Demystifying Modern Authentication

Webinar December 14, 2023

## Managing user identities with modern authentication gives administrators numerous tools for securing resources and managing identities.

However, modern authentication solutions can be complicated, especially when you start to look under the hood and try to untangle the various components, platforms, and definitions involved.

OCG Architect Randy Robb has helped organizations implement a wide variety of authentication projects, ranging from the simple to very complex. In this webinar he'll share his expertise and break down modern authentication and its components, leaving you with a clear view of how modern authentication solutions work. Randy will cover:

- An overview of modern authentication and its benefits
- Definitions of relevant terms/capabilities involved in modern authentication
- Microsoft’s approach to modern authentication, including Microsoft Entra External ID, Azure AD B2C, and CIAM
- How Microsoft Entra External ID differs from traditional identity federation
- Microsoft's approach vs. other modern authentication solutions
- How to get started on your modern authentication journey

**DATE** Thursday, December 14, 2023  
**TIME** 10 am Pacific | 1 pm Eastern  
**DURATION** 45 minutes

***Can't make the live broadcast? Sign up anyway and we'll send you a link to the recording afterwards. ***

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