Microsoft Universal Print connector in Azure cloud

SDI Cloud Printing Extension for Azure and Microsoft Universal Print

This extension allows wide format output printing (CAD, C, D, E, and A0-A5) to accomodate commonly used engineering drawings, GIS maps, and custom roll sizes (e.g. well logs)

The SDI connector/driver is implemented using Graph API to provide secure, multi-tenant printing.

• Azure active directory
• Microsoft Graph API
• Azure Identity
  • MSAL (The Microsoft Authentication Library)

Benefits

• Direct printing from cloud application to printer (C, D, and E)
• Maintain full cloud security that Universal Print inherently provides
  • Enables printing from a cloud-based application to your local printer
• Uses standard Universal Print administration
  • Seamless integration into Azure Universal Print
• The user experience is standard Microsoft print
  • No additional learning curve
  • Application dialogs remain the same
• With SDI, all existing desktop printing capabilities are now available in Microsoft Universal Print
  • Opens up the use of your existing Canon, HP, and Epson big-roll wide plotters
  • Works with any application that uses Microsoft printing (e.g. print from PowerPoint to E-sized sheet)
• Ability to place and scale drawing in the application print preview window

What's the difference?

• Administrators use the SDI connector to add printers to Universal Print

What is cloud printing?

• Printing from a cloud application
• running on a virtual machine
• as a service accessed through a browser
• service REST API)
• Output of print job is to your local printer

What is Microsoft Universal Print?

• Limited to document page size (i.e. A, B, A4, and A3); SDI cloud extension extends to A0 and E
• A print application that extends your desktop printing into the cloud and connects to your local printers