Secure cloud productivity with Transparity and Entra ID
Transparity delivers advanced Identity and Access Management (IAM) services, enabling organisations to securely manage user identities and control access to cloud resources with confidence. Leveraging leading technologies like Entra ID and modern Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) platforms, Transparity empowers clients to streamline authentication, enhance productivity, and protect their digital environment through scalable, tailored solutions designed to meet the evolving demands of today’s cloud-first workplaces.
Transparity as a Modern Work partner with a direct relationship to Microsoft can leverage funding to aid you in your transformations.
Our approach begins with comprehensive scoping to prepare your organisation for enhancing its identity and access management capabilities. Our specialists evaluate your current IAM frameworks, user authentication processes, and security protocols, offering strategic insights and tailored recommendations to optimise your transition to a cloud-based IAM environment.
Smooth adoption is essential to the success of your cloud identity and access management journey. We support your organisation through each phase, developing tailored change management strategies and engaging your teams through focused communication and training. Our approach ensures your staff are well-prepared, confident, and enthusiastic about embracing new cloud-native identity and access management systems.
During this phase, our technical team configures and deploys your cloud-based Identity and Access Management solution to align precisely with your organisation’s needs. We integrate the IAM platform with your existing systems and applications, ensuring secure, seamless access control that is scalable and ready to meet future security challenges.
Once your cloud-based Identity and Access Management solution is configured, we conduct rigorous functional testing across all access controls and authentication workflows. Working collaboratively with your team, we ensure the system performs as intended, delivering robust security and a seamless user experience for your organisation’s needs.
Empowering your users is essential for the successful adoption of any IAM solution. We deliver interactive, expert-led training sessions on your new cloud-based Identity and Access Management platform, ensuring your team gains the knowledge and confidence needed to manage access securely, follow best practices, and navigate the system’s capabilities to the fullest.
After training, we initiate a pilot phase in which selected users actively test your new cloud-based Identity and Access Management solution in real-world scenarios. This User Acceptance Testing stage allows us to collect valuable feedback, refine the system’s configuration, and ensure the IAM platform delivers secure, intuitive access controls that fully meet the operational requirements of your organisation.
Finally, we coordinate a seamless migration to your new cloud-based Identity and Access Management platform. Our team meticulously manages the transition of user identities, access permissions, and system integrations, providing dedicated support throughout the go-live process to ensure a secure and uninterrupted start for your organisation’s modern access management environment.
The HyperCare phase delivers essential post-migration support, with our team providing prompt troubleshooting, monitoring system performance, and assisting users and administrators in navigating the new platform. This dedicated support minimises disruption, ensures operational continuity, and helps your organisation achieve a successful, stable transition to the IAM solution.
“The work the team at Transparity have done has been an absolute game-changer for the way that we deploy and manage devices and users. The team have been outstanding to work with, prioritising our needs and supporting us every step of the way. The project has significantly improved the security of our user identities and devices and will help us deliver on client demands and grow the business.”
Inadequate IAM practices can lead to:
Windows 10 has been instrumental in supporting modern workplaces, powering both personal devices and enterprise-level systems. As Microsoft advances towards more secure, AI-enabled, and cloud-centric computing solutions, organisations need to prepare for the forthcoming transition: upgrading to Windows 11 or considering cloud-native alternatives.
This transition presents both opportunities and a sense of urgency. To assist organisations in navigating this change, we have compiled a comprehensive checklist designed to facilitate the shift from Windows 10.
Transparity’s Digital Workplace team helps organisations unlock the full potential of Microsoft 365, creating secure, modern, and collaborative environments. From Teams and SharePoint to Viva and Intune, we deliver tailored solutions that boost productivity and engagement.
With built-in security, expert guidance, and user-focused adoption support, we ensure long-term value. As a trusted Microsoft Solutions Partner with 200+ Microsoft-certified experts, we help you build a digital workplace that’s ready for the future.
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities designed to strengthen and streamline organisational identity and access management. By providing centralised identity and access control, Entra ID enables secure authentication, ensuring that only authorised users gain entry to corporate resources.
Users can sign in once to access multiple applications—both cloud and on-premises—without needing to reauthenticate.
Adds an extra layer of security by requiring a second form of verification (e.g., phone, app, hardware token).
Allows organisations to enforce access controls based on user location, device state, risk level, and more.
Uses machine learning to detect suspicious sign-ins and compromised accounts, and can automatically respond to threats.
Automates user provisioning and deprovisioning across systems, including integration with HR systems.
Grants access based on user roles, ensuring users only have the permissions they need.
Helps manage identity lifecycle, access reviews, and entitlement management for compliance and security.
Enables passwordless authentication using passkeys and security keys, with granular policy control.
Introduces identity management for AI agents, allowing organisations to apply the same security policies to bots and AI tools as they do to human users.
Seamlessly connects with Microsoft services and thousands of third-party applications for unified identity management.
IAM is a framework of policies, technologies, and processes that ensures the appropriate individuals in an organisation can access the resources they need to perform their job functions. IAM systems are designed to manage digital identities, authenticate users, control access to resources and information, and monitor user activities to reduce security risks.
IAM solutions provide tools to enforce policies that align with regulatory requirements. They automate access reviews, generate compliance reports, and maintain detailed logs of user activity. This enables organisations to demonstrate adherence to data protection laws and standards, and to respond quickly to audits or security incidents.
Role-based access control (RBAC) assigns permissions to users based on their roles within the organisation. Rather than granting access on an individual basis, RBAC streamlines permission management and minimises the risk of excessive or inappropriate access. For example, an HR manager and a finance analyst will have distinct access rights tailored to their roles.
Modern IAM solutions, such as Microsoft Entra ID, support seamless integration with cloud platforms (like Microsoft 365 and Azure) and thousands of third-party SaaS applications. Integration is typically achieved through open protocols (SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect) and connectors, enabling unified access management across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
IAM is foundational to the Zero Trust model, which assumes that threats can originate from inside or outside the network. Zero Trust relies on verifying every user’s identity and context before granting access, enforcing least privilege, and continuously monitoring for anomalous behaviour. Effective IAM makes these principles achievable.
Microsoft Entra ID is a cloud native identity and access management framework that helps organisations manage user identities, secure access to resources, and ensure compliance. It supports seamless integration with Microsoft 365, Azure, and thousands of third-party SaaS applications.
Entra ID provides advanced security features such as passwordless authentication with passkeys and FIDO2 security keys, granular policy controls, and robust identity lifecycle management. These capabilities help protect against unauthorised access while enhancing user experience.
Passwordless authentication reduces the risks associated with traditional passwords, such as phishing or credential theft. Using passkeys, FIDO2 security keys, or biometrics, users can securely access resources while organisations maintain strict control over authentication methods.
Entra ID automates identity lifecycle processes, including user onboarding, role changes, access reviews, and deprovisioning. This automation helps maintain up-to-date access permissions and reduces the risk of security gaps due to manual oversight.
Absolutely. Entra ID integrates with a wide range of SaaS applications, in addition to Microsoft 365 and Azure services, providing a unified platform for streamlined identity and access management across the organisation.
Access reviews are periodic evaluations of users’ access rights to various resources. Entra ID enables automated access reviews to ensure users retain only the permissions necessary for their roles, supporting compliance and reducing unnecessary risk.
Entra ID supports a variety of multi-factor authentication solutions to strengthen account security. These include text message codes, phone calls, authenticator apps, hardware security keys (such as FIDO2 devices), and biometric verification. By offering multiple options, Entra ID allows organisations to tailor MFA requirements to their security policies and user preferences, reducing the likelihood of unauthorised access.
