Case Study: Cushman & Wakefield achieves seamless hybrid cloud identity management with Microsoft Corporation

Cushman & Wakefield hybrid cloud solution eases merger, acquisition impact

Cushman & Wakefield, a global real estate services firm, needed to unify disparate IT systems after years of aggressive mergers and acquisitions while also improving security and access for a 45,000-person workforce. The company turned to Microsoft Corporation’s Azure Active Directory Premium and Office 365 to support identity and access management, single sign-on, and self-service password reset.

Microsoft Corporation implemented a hybrid cloud approach that consolidated 8 to 9 domains into one environment, giving employees a single authentication experience across devices and applications. The results included reduced help desk burden, stronger security and compliance, easier integration of acquired systems like Reflex, and a more user-friendly platform that improved productivity for thousands of remote and office workers.

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