The cloud services provided by Microsoft Dynamics 365 are gaining rapid market share in the banking world. A burning question for the security departments is how to take advantage of the cloud services on offer without relinquishing control of their cryptographic keys.

Here we look at some of the benefits offered by MS Dynamics cloud services and how an on-premise key management system should integrate with the Azure Key Vault (or other cloud platforms) to retain control of the lifecycle of cryptographic keys and maintain compliance to banking regulations.

In this article we will look at integration points and explain why it is important that a key management system is able to integrate with a number of applications across various environments (in-house data centers and public clouds).