7.1.4 How SSO to Microsoft Azure Applications Work

The following is the workflow of SSO to Azure applications from a Azure AD joined device:

  1. The device sends a Kerberos token to Access Manager through the WS-Trust protocol.

  2. The device generates a certificate signing certificate (CSR) and sends it to Azure DRS and gets signed a certificate for that device.

  3. The device generates a second certificate to use with the Primary Refresh Token (PRT) by using user credentials.

  4. The PRT is used for SSO for users when they access Azure AD applications.