Case Study: Idaho Department of Health and Welfare achieves secure, simplified Office 365 access and appliance consolidation with F5 Networks

Idaho Government Agency Simplifies Secure Access to Microsoft Office 365 with F5 Solution

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare faced tight budgets, too many appliances to manage, insufficient application security, and a need for seamless federated single sign-on to support a migration to Microsoft Office 365. To address these challenges the agency selected F5 Networks and its BIG-IP family (BIG-IP APM, LTM, DNS, ASM) and VIPRION chassis to simplify identity and access management, strengthen security, and consolidate infrastructure.

F5 Networks implemented four VIPRION 2400 chassis with BIG-IP APM for federation and multifactor authentication, BIG-IP ASM to replace Barracuda WAF, and BIG-IP DNS for data-center traffic management. The deployment consolidated devices (replacing 10 BIG-IP LTM units onto VIPRION pairs per data center), enabled SSO to Office 365 with APM configured in hours versus days for an ADFS approach, improved application security aligned to the CIS Top 20 controls, and delivered higher reliability and reduced operational overhead.

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare

Corey Van Allen

Server Integration Lead