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Mastering Identity and Access Management with Microsoft Azure - Second Edition

By : Jochen Nickel
Book Image

Mastering Identity and Access Management with Microsoft Azure - Second Edition

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 (23 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Summary


After completing this chapter, you should be able to explain the main requirements when protecting identities and why they're a part of your security solution. In this chapter, we looked at the key issues of core identity protection components, and how to enable and configure the relevant services for your needs. If you would like more information on the Windows Defender ATP service, check out the Chapters 13Identifying and Detecting Sensitive Data.

In the next Chapter 6, Managing Authentication Protocols, we will discuss the all-important modern protocols, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and SAML 2.0, which help you to establish a suitable authentication design for your organization and customers.