Case Study: Hearst Corporation achieves unified identity and faster, secure app access with Microsoft Azure

Eight things this media giant likes about Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security and Azure Active Directory

Hearst Communications, a New York–based media conglomerate with nearly 100 brands and thousands of employees, needed to centralize a sprawling mix of businesses, directories and applications into a cloud-first, mobile-first enterprise. IT was hindered by months-long app provisioning, duplicated processes across units, fragmented identity stores from acquisitions, limited security visibility, and time-consuming VPN and password workflows.

Hearst implemented Microsoft Azure with Enterprise Mobility + Security and Azure Active Directory — leveraging single sign-on, Azure Application Proxy, B2B collaboration, Identity Protection, Advanced Threat Analytics, Connect Health and self-service password reset. The outcome: SaaS apps that once took months now deploy in hours, a single identity for users, real-time threat detection and automated protection, reduced help-desk costs and third-party vendors, and faster, more secure collaboration across the organization.

Hearst Corporation

Chris Suozzi

Director of Cloud Programs