Microsoft Entra, Extended for Higher Education
Secure, automate, and scale Entra across the entire institution.
QuickLaunch extends Microsoft Entra with higher-education–ready automation, lifecycle orchestration, and integrations. With QuickLaunch, institutions can keep Entra as their core identity provider while eliminating manual workflows, temporary passwords, and brittle scripts across hundreds of connected campus systems.
With over 500 prebuilt SSO and integration connectors, most of which are purpose-built for higher education,QuickLaunch unifies Entra with SIS, HR, LMS, CRM, and auxiliary systems to deliver a secure, automated, and future-ready identity platform.
Key Capabilities:
Why QuickLaunch + Microsoft Entra
Smarter identity. Stronger security. Powered by Microsoft Entra.
Microsoft Entra provides a strong identity and access foundation, but higher education requires more than directory services and conditional access alone. QuickLaunch adds the automation, orchestration, and visibility needed to operationalize Entra at scale.
- Eliminate fragile PowerShell scripts and point-to-point integrations
- Replace temporary passwords with secure self-service activation
- Automate identity lifecycle events driven by SIS and HR systems
- Extend Entra access to hundreds of campus and cloud applications
- Maintain Entra as the system of record without locking into custom logic
Result: Entra stays clean and controlled QuickLaunch handles the complexity.
Key Capabilities:
- Passwordless-first onboarding (passkeys, email OTP, app-based MFA)
- Adaptive MFA based on risk, device, and behavior
- Reduced reliance on SMS and fewer MFA-related support tickets
- Seamless coexistence with Entra MFA policies
- Phoneless security with email OTP and Security Questions
- Just-in-time provisioning from SIS, HR, or admissions systems
- Secure self-service account claim and activation flows
- Immediate enforcement of MFA and passwordless authentication
- No emailed credentials or IT touchpoints
- Automated provisioning and deprovisioning for students, faculty, staff, and alumni
- Role- and attribute-based group management in Entra
- Lifecycle triggers tied to academic and HR events
- Built-in visibility into failures, exceptions, and remediation
- No-code orchestration and mapping UI
- Attribute transformation and rule-based logic
- Centralized monitoring and auditability
- Scalable architecture that survives system migrations
Agentic Integration Studio
Accelerate Value with Native, Ready-to-Use Connectors
Effortlessly connect all your campus systems with zero custom scripts.
QuickLaunch offers native, pre-built connectors to the most critical systems in higher education including SIS, LMS, HRIS, CRM, IAM, and more. Our no-code integration engine accelerates time-to-value while reducing IT overhead.
Security & Compliance You Can Trust
Hundreds of institutions have already improved their student support with our innovative solutions.
QuickLaunch is built from the ground up with compliance, security, and operational resilience at its core. Whether deploying single sign-on, lifecycle provisioning, or integrations, institutions can rely on us to deliver secure, standards-aligned experiences across every user and system.
- Certified & Compliant: SOC 2 Type II audited, aligned with FERPA, GLBA, and NIST standards. Supports HECVAT, TX-RAMP and more for procurement-readiness in higher education.
- Secure Cloud Infrastructure: Hosted in AWS, QuickLaunch utilizes industry-leading encryption, network segmentation, and container-based microservices architecture for optimal isolation and scalability.
- Always-On Reliability: Built on a fault-tolerant, high-availability infrastructure with active-active load balancing and intelligent failover ensuring your identity services are never offline.
- Continuous Monitoring & Threat Detection: AI-driven MFA, anomaly detection, brute-force protection, and regular penetration testing ensure your data and users stay protected.
- Privacy by Design: QuickLaunch collects the minimum necessary personal data, with full support for role-based access, data minimization, and opt-out options for AI features.
You’re in Good Company
Hundreds of institutions have already improved their student support with our innovative solutions.
What Our Clients Say About Us
After years of managing a home-grown solution and attempts with other 3rd party tools, Colorado Christian University selected QuickLaunch to help manage digital identities for students, staff, and faculty. We have been able to improve the end-user experience, boost staff productivity, improve institutional security, and reduce technical debt all at an affordable cost. The experience working with QuickLaunch has gone well and we look forward to the next phase of our project.
Renee Martin,
Chief Information Officer
Colorado Christean University
We had only 3 weeks to get a full SSO and Adaptive MFA solution in place. QuickLaunch got us there, and we're still expanding our footprint today. I highly recommend them.
Allan Chen,
Information Technology
Calarts
Our experience with QuickLaunch has been very good. The platform has proven secure, reliable, and a strong fit for higher education, and the support team has been responsive and helpful. We’re glad to have chosen QuickLaunch for our upcoming iPass solution, and we look forward to continuing to build on this partnership as we move forward with our identity and integrations work.
Dr. Damian Clarke
VP Technology
Alabama State University
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