- This module equips learners to describe Microsoft Entra ID - a cloud-based identity and access management service. They'll compare it with AD DS, understand its role as a directory for cloud services, and learn about its security features. They'll also learn about Microsoft Entra Domain Services.
After this module, you should be able to:
- Describe Microsoft Entra ID.
- Compare Microsoft Entra ID to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
- Describe how Microsoft Entra ID is used as a directory for cloud apps.
- Describe Microsoft Entra ID P1 and P2.
- Describe Microsoft Entra Domain Services.
- Access to cloud-based workloads needs to be controlled centrally by providing a definitive identity for each user and resource. You can ensure employees and vendors have just enough access to do their job.
At the end of this module, you'll be able to:
Create, configure, and manage users
Create, configure, and manage groups
Manage licenses
Explain custom security attributes and automatic user provisioning
- Describe the core architectural components of Azure
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
Describe Azure regions, region pairs, and sovereign regions
Describe Availability Zones
Describe Azure datacenters
Describe Azure resources and Resource Groups
Describe subscriptions
Describe management groups
Describe the hierarchy of resource groups, subscriptions, and management groups
- Azure Policy initiatives are a collection of Azure policy definitions that are grouped together toward a specific goal or purpose. By consolidating multiple Azure policies into a single item, Azure Policy initiatives allow centralized control and enforcement of configurations across Azure resources.
This module explains the following concepts:
- Cloud governance with Azure Policy
- Azure Policy and its components
- Learn how to use Azure role-based access control to effectively manage your team's access to Azure resources.
In this module, you will:
- Verify access to resources for yourself and others.
- Grant access to resources.
- View activity logs of Azure RBAC changes.
- Learn how to allow users to reset their password with Microsoft Entra self-service password reset.
In this module, you will:
- Decide whether to implement self-service password reset.
- Implement self-service password reset to meet your requirements.
- Configure self-service password reset to customize the experience.
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Syllabus
- Understand Microsoft Entra ID
- Introduction
- Examine Microsoft Entra ID
- Compare Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory Domain Services
- Examine Microsoft Entra ID as a directory service for cloud apps
- Compare Microsoft Entra ID P1 and P2 plans
- Examine Microsoft Entra Domain Services
- Module assessment
- Summary
- Create, configure, and manage identities
- Introduction
- Create, configure, and manage users
- Exercise - assign licenses to users
- Exercise - restore or remove deleted users
- Create, configure, and manage groups
- Exercise - add groups in Microsoft Entra ID
- Configure and manage device registration
- Manage licenses
- Exercise - change group license assignments
- Exercise - change user license assignments
- Create custom security attributes
- Explore automatic user creation
- Module assessment
- Summary and resources
- Describe the core architectural components of Azure
- Introduction
- What is Microsoft Azure
- Get started with Azure accounts
- Exercise - Explore interacting with Azure
- Describe Azure physical infrastructure
- Describe Azure management infrastructure
- Exercise - Create an Azure resource
- Module assessment
- Summary
- Azure Policy initiatives
- Introduction
- Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
- Azure Policy design principles
- Azure Policy resources
- Azure Policy definitions
- Evaluation of resources through Azure Policy
- Check your knowledge
- Summary
- Secure your Azure resources with Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC)
- Introduction
- What is Azure RBAC?
- Knowledge check - What is Azure RBAC?
- Exercise - List access using Azure RBAC and the Azure portal
- Exercise - Grant access using Azure RBAC and the Azure portal
- Exercise - View activity logs for Azure RBAC changes
- Module assessment
- Summary
- Allow users to reset their password with Microsoft Entra self-service password reset
- Introduction
- What is self-service password reset in Microsoft Entra ID?
- Implement Microsoft Entra self-service password reset
- Exercise - Set up self-service password reset
- Exercise - Customize directory branding
- Summary