1. The Increasing Popularity of the Virtual Identity Server
The Virtual Identity Server is successful in ensuring
the security of your directories especially in the event
of federation implementation. This is the reason it is
uncommon for most organizations not to use it.
Events such as DoS ADFS can be easily detected
and prevented from taking place. This is otherwise
difficult if you neglect to use the VIS. Even if you are
using a virtual directory from another company, you
are not guaranteed with the same level of security
and protection from denial of service on ADFS
because they do not provide tightened security to
your ADs.
By using the VIS, many other features can be acquired and used by your company including
multiple authentication methods. While others seem to offer several methods too, some of them
are just complicated to use. This is where the VIS becomes a huge advantage because the
multiple authentication methods they have range from the basic to the more advanced ones
ensuring that their ADFS have a variety of methods for authenticating users. With multiple
methods for authenticating ADFS to select from, organizations can choose exactly what they
believe would be the most convenient to them.
With the popularity of the VIS increasing, other companies have shifted from their old virtual
directories. For them, the features that the VIS has are already enough to make authenticating
and auditing ADFS done in an efficient and secure way. With its additional security features
such as being a firewall and proxy to your directories, you can be sure that any threats to
security will not be able to enter your web environment and Active Directories at all costs. As a
result, the user accounts in it as well as the data it contains will always be available to the
searching user. This ensures that the regular operation of your business will not be affected.