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Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition - Third Edition

By : Dishan Francis
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Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition - Third Edition

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By: Dishan Francis

Overview of this book

Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition is a comprehensive guide for Information Technology professionals looking to improve their knowledge about MS Windows Active Directory Domain Service. The book will help you to use identity elements effectively and manage your organization’s infrastructure in a secure and efficient way. This third edition has been fully updated to reflect the importance of cloud-based strong authentication and other tactics to protect identity infrastructure from emerging security threats. Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition provides extensive coverage of AD Domain Services and helps you explore their capabilities as you update to Windows Server 2022. This book will also teach you how to extend on-premises identity presence to cloud via Azure AD hybrid setup. By the end of this Microsoft Active Directory book, you’ll feel confident in your ability to design, plan, deploy, protect, and troubleshoot your enterprise identity infrastructure.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Index

Microsoft Graph

Microsoft Graph is like a gateway that allows users to access enormous amounts of data and collect information from:

  1. Microsoft 365 core services (for example, Office 365, Microsoft Search, OneDrive, SharePoint)
  2. Identity and Security Services (for example, Azure AD, Defender 365, Endpoint Manager)
  3. Windows 10 services

Microsoft Graph connects to the above services by using REST APIs and client libraries to retrieve required data.

We can use three methods to interact with Microsoft Graph data:

  1. The Microsoft Graph API endpoint (https://bit.ly/3DSbZHF) can be used to access data and information collected from various Microsoft services. This data can be processed and present in the way an organization/individual requires. Also, this data can be used to develop rich applications/services.
  2. Microsoft Graph connectors help to bring third-party application/service data to Microsoft Search so all company data can be searched...