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Mastering Identity and Access Management with Microsoft Azure

Mastering Identity and Access Management with Microsoft Azure

By : Jochen Nickel
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Mastering Identity and Access Management with Microsoft Azure

Mastering Identity and Access Management with Microsoft Azure

3.7 (3)
By: Jochen Nickel

Overview of this book

Microsoft Azure and its Identity and access management are at the heart of Microsoft's software as service products, including Office 365, Dynamics CRM, and Enterprise Mobility Management. It is crucial to master Microsoft Azure in order to be able to work with the Microsoft Cloud effectively. You’ll begin by identifying the benefits of Microsoft Azure in the field of identity and access management. Working through the functionality of identity and access management as a service, you will get a full overview of the Microsoft strategy. Understanding identity synchronization will help you to provide a well-managed identity. Project scenarios and examples will enable you to understand, troubleshoot, and develop on essential authentication protocols and publishing scenarios. Finally, you will acquire a thorough understanding of Microsoft Information protection technologies.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
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Section 1: Identity Management and Synchronization
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Section 2: Authentication and Application Publishing
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Section 3: Data Classification and Information Protection

Technology overview

The Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) 2016 or other identity management products are typically used to prepare the identities stored in the local Active Directory for cloud synchronization. The Azure AD Connect tool is generally used to synchronize the AD identities to the Azure AD to be used in connected software as a a service (SaaS) applications or other functionalities. The main advantage that MIM 2016 provides for this solution is to help with domain/forest consolidations, attribute normalization, and complete on-premise identity management with the help of workflows to support your business processes.

As you can see in the following diagram, MIM 2016 is also capable of synchronizing identities with the Azure AD. So, you're probably wondering which tool you should use to sync identities with Azure AD.

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