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Azure Active Directory Services in the UK for Architecture & Engineering
Centralised identity management securing every user across your architectural practice.
Zero Trust Security
Conditional access policies verify every sign-in against device compliance, location, risk level, and application sensitivity before granting access.
Single Sign-On
One set of credentials for Microsoft 365, Azure, and hundreds of third-party SaaS applications — improving security and reducing password fatigue.
Lifecycle Automation
Automated provisioning and deprovisioning ensures joiners get access on day one and leavers are disabled immediately.
Architecture Firms manage multiple user identities across Revit, AutoCAD, and ArchiCAD and numerous other platforms. Without centralised identity management, password fatigue leads to weak credentials, and ex-staff retain access to sensitive CAD drawings, BIM models, and project files. Azure Active Directory brings order to identity chaos across your architectural practice.
Cloudswitched delivers Azure Active Directory solutions for UK architecture firms. We configure Azure AD with single sign-on for Revit, AutoCAD, and ArchiCAD, enforce multi-factor authentication, and build conditional access policies that protect CAD drawings, BIM models, and project files. Automated provisioning and de-provisioning ensure joiners and leavers are handled instantly, reducing security risk across your architectural practice.
How it works for Architecture businesses
A clear, structured process from consultation to ongoing support.
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Conditional Access Design
We design conditional access policies that balance security with usability — blocking risky sign-ins and enforcing MFA where needed without frustrating your staff with unnecessary prompts.
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Hybrid Identity
For businesses with on-premises Active Directory, we configure hybrid identity with Azure AD Connect, synchronising users and enabling a seamless experience across cloud and on-premises resources.
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Ongoing Policy Management
Identity threats evolve constantly. We review and update your policies regularly, responding to new attack vectors and adjusting to changes in your organisation.
Azure Active Directory Services in the UK for Architecture
Single Sign-On
One set of credentials gives your architectural practice staff seamless access to Revit, AutoCAD, and ArchiCAD and all connected applications, eliminating password fatigue and reducing helpdesk calls.
Multi-Factor Authentication
MFA enforcement across your architectural practice ensures CAD drawings, BIM models, and project files remains protected even if passwords are compromised, meeting RIBA and building regulations security requirements.
Conditional Access Policies
Location, device, and risk-based access rules ensure CAD drawings, BIM models, and project files is only accessible under approved conditions, protecting your architectural practice from unauthorised access.
Automated User Lifecycle
Joiners, movers, and leavers are provisioned and de-provisioned automatically, ensuring architectural practice staff have correct access from day one and lose it immediately upon departure.
Azure Active Directory Service Includes
Entra ID tenant configuration and hardening
Conditional access policy design and deployment
Multi-factor authentication rollout and management
Single sign-on integration for SaaS applications
Hybrid identity setup with Azure AD Connect
User lifecycle automation and access reviews
Why Architecture businesses choose us
Azure AD specialists with deep experience securing architecture firms across the UK
SSO integration for Revit, AutoCAD, and ArchiCAD and hundreds of additional SaaS applications
Conditional access policies tailored to architectural practice risk profiles and working patterns
Automated joiner-mover-leaver processes reducing security gaps and admin burden
RIBA and building regulations aligned identity governance with access reviews and audit logs
Passwordless authentication options reducing friction whilst strengthening security
Frequently Asked Questions
Azure AD is Microsoft's cloud identity platform. For architecture firms, it provides single sign-on to Revit, AutoCAD, and ArchiCAD, multi-factor authentication, and centralised access management. It eliminates password sprawl and ensures CAD drawings, BIM models, and project files is accessed only by authorised architectural practice staff.
Yes. Azure AD integrates with thousands of applications including Revit, AutoCAD, and ArchiCAD. We configure SSO connections so your architectural practice staff access all systems with one set of credentials, reducing helpdesk calls and improving security.
Azure AD provides audit logs, access reviews, and conditional access policies that map directly to RIBA and building regulations requirements. We configure these controls specifically for architecture firms, producing audit-ready evidence of access governance.
Azure AD automated de-provisioning revokes access to Revit, AutoCAD, and ArchiCAD and CAD drawings, BIM models, and project files immediately when a leaver is processed. This eliminates the security risk of orphaned accounts and satisfies RIBA and building regulations requirements for timely access removal.
No. Azure AD SSO means one set of credentials for Revit, AutoCAD, and ArchiCAD and all connected applications. We can also implement passwordless authentication using biometrics or security keys, further reducing friction for your architectural practice staff.
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