Identity and Login is essentially the entry-point to any server or system. Azure provides a sophisticated IAM (Identity and Access Management) but it is also the responsibility of user to make sure that the password and keys are set with required level of difficultly and secured well. We do not want the Identity impersonation or hackers to hack / wrong users to enter into our system. The IAM in Azure is achieved via Azure Active Directory.
**_Identity & Login Core services: _**IAM — Azure AD, AIP, Azure Sentinel & Identity Governance.
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Azure Active Directory:
What is Azure AD:
It is the cloud based Identity and Access Management Service in Microsoft Azure. In order to access the resources, the essential first step is to sign-in to the account.
Azure AD is used by
- IT administrators
- Application Developers
- DevOps
- Microsoft Online (Microsoft 365, Office 365, Azure, Dynamics CRM etc.)
Azure Licenses related
Below are some of the Azure Licenses available that can be used by the organization based on the need. Depends on which services are being licensed, in addition to the free services, additional protection / risk coverage would be enabled. Most of these features are Pay As You Go (PAYG) feature licenses.
- Azure AD Free and Premium
- Azure AD Security
- Azure AD Connect health
- Azure AD Connect
- Azure AD Identity Protection
- Azure AD Identity Secure Score
- Azure AD Authentication methods
- Azure AD Conditional Access
- Azure AD Risky users
- Azure AD Risky sign-ins
- Azure AD Risk Detections
- Azure AD Named locations
- Azure AD Password Protection
- Azure AD Privileged Identity management
- Create custom Azure AD roles
- Azure AD B2C
- Multi Factor Authentication (MFA)
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