Case Study: Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany boosts secure collaboration and identity management with Microsoft Azure and Office 365

Merck KGaA - Customer Case Study

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a global healthcare and life sciences company, faced the challenge of securing its sensitive intellectual property while enabling collaboration for its 50,000 employees across a geographically dispersed workforce. The company needed an identity management solution to safely embrace SaaS applications and a mobile workforce, which led them to partner with Microsoft.

Microsoft implemented a solution using Azure Active Directory Premium, Azure AD Application Proxy, and Azure Information Protection. This created a secure platform that integrated on-premises and cloud environments, allowing employees to securely access collaboration tools and applications from any device. The results empowered teams across different divisions and countries to easily and safely share documents, significantly improving productivity and enterprise agility for Merck KGaA.

Merck KGaA

Conor O’Halloran

Head of Identity