PassLogic Begins Single Sign-On Integration with Virtual Desktop Environment "Azure Virtual Desktop" Passlogy Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange TOKYO PRO Market listed: Securities Code 4426, Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Hideharu Ogawa. hereinafter referred to as "our company"), a developer and seller of purely domestic security products with proprietary technology, is pleased to announce that "PassLogic," the multi-factor authentication solution developed and provided by Passlogy, now supports single sign-on integration with "Azure Virtual Desktop" (hereinafter referred to as AVD), the cloud VDI service provided by Microsoft. This integration enables the application of PassLogic's multi-factor authentication when signing into AVD, thereby strongly protecting access to the cloud-based desktop environment. In a virtual environment where a company's critical assets are consolidated, it offers a new option to enhance "Zero Trust Security" without compromising convenience. Background of the Integration With the spread of hybrid work, the demand for desktop virtualization (VDI/DaaS) such as AVD has surged as a means to safely access internal systems and data from outside the company. However, if authentication at the entrance to the virtual environment relies solely on ID and password, the risk of information leakage due to credential stuffing attacks and phishing becomes extremely high. To prevent such damage, the introduction of multi-factor authentication is an important measure. However, organizations that find it difficult to allow the use of personal smartphones for business (BYOD), or IT departments concerned about the risk of losing or stealing physical tokens and the hassle of distribution and collection, have been seeking low-operational-burden multi-factor authentication (MFA). In response to these challenges, we have established a system that allows for safe and low-cost use of virtual desktops from any environment by integrating AVD, whic