# Microsoft Entra integration overview

> Compare Persona's three Microsoft Entra integrations: Entra ID, Entra Verified ID, and External MFA for identity verification.

Source: https://help.withpersona.com/articles/76oPGnRkduS3sHbEpLNSku/
Section: Marketplace and 3rd-Party Integrations > Authentication > Microsoft Entra

## Overview

[Microsoft Entra](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-entra) is Microsoft's comprehensive identity and access management platform that centralizes and secures user access to applications and resources across your organization. It includes [Entra ID](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/identity-access/microsoft-entra-id) (formerly Azure Active Directory) for identity management, and [Entra Verified ID](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/identity-access/microsoft-entra-verified-id) for digital credentials.

With Persona's Microsoft Entra integrations, you can embed identity verification into critical employee security workflows — protecting against phishing, social engineering, and deepfake attacks.

Organizations can:

- Pull user profile data from Entra ID to enrich verification workflows
- Retrieve a user's registered email from Entra to drive an email-based verification step (such as a one-time passcode) before falling back to document verification
- Enable secure password resets and account recovery through identity verification
- Issue verified digital credentials that employees can store and present at different verification touch points

This integration helps IT and InfoSec teams reduce account takeover risk, streamline account recovery, and deliver faster, more secure access for employees — while maintaining data compliance and supporting distributed teams.

## Integration Options

Persona currently offers three ways to integrate with Microsoft Entra:

1.  [Configure the Microsoft Entra ID integration in Persona](https://help.withpersona.com/articles/6vHVa8KcEURyza3nk2v0RH/)
2.  [Configure Persona with Microsoft Entra Verified ID](https://help.withpersona.com/articles/2sjBNj9gDT6ea7kShXVb5q/)
3.  [Configure Persona as an Authentication Method in Microsoft Entra](https://help.withpersona.com/articles/nqgRyHgsOa8eKTLJDuH3ON/)

## Plans Explained

### Microsoft Entra Integration by plan

|                             | Startup Program | Essential Plan | Growth Plan | Enterprise Plan |
| --------------------------- | --------------- | -------------- | ----------- | --------------- |
| Microsoft Entra Integration | Not Available   | Not Available  | Limited     | Available       |

[Learn more about pricing and plans](https://withpersona.com/pricing?utm_source=product&utm_medium=referral&utm_audience=a&utm_campaign=cm_gen_ds_hc-plan-table).