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Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator Exam Guide

By : Dwayne Natwick
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Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator Exam Guide

By: Dwayne Natwick

Overview of this book

Cloud technologies have made identity and access the new control plane for securing data. Without proper planning and discipline in deploying, monitoring, and managing identity and access for users, administrators, and guests, you may be compromising your infrastructure and data. This book is a preparation guide that covers all the objectives of the SC-300 exam, while teaching you about the identity and access services that are available from Microsoft and preparing you for real-world challenges. The book starts with an overview of the SC-300 exam and helps you understand identity and access management. As you progress to the implementation of IAM solutions, you’ll learn to deploy secure identity and access within Microsoft 365 and Azure Active Directory. The book will take you from legacy on-premises identity solutions to modern and password-less authentication solutions that provide high-level security for identity and access. You’ll focus on implementing access and authentication for cloud-only and hybrid infrastructures as well as understand how to protect them using the principles of zero trust. The book also features mock tests toward the end to help you prepare effectively for the exam. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to plan, deploy, and manage identity and access solutions for Microsoft and hybrid infrastructures.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Section 1 – Exam Overview and the Evolution of Identity and Access Management
4
Section 2 - Implementing an Identity Management Solution
9
Section 3 – Implementing an Authentication and Access Management Solution
13
Section 4 – Implementing Access Management for Applications
16
Section 5 – Planning and Implementing an Identity Governance Strategy
19
Section 6 – Monitoring and Maintaining Azure Active Directory

Configuring and managing AAD roles

This section will get us started with the various roles that are required to complete configuration tasks and manage the Azure Active Directory tenant. Azure Active Directory is the cloud identity service within Microsoft that handles all user, device, and service identity and access management for Microsoft 365, Azure, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform. When you create an account or tenant within Microsoft, you are creating an Azure Active Directory account. This section will focus on the planning, configuring, and managing of various role assignments that are required to support the Azure Active Directory tenant.

Azure Active Directory tenant

When signing up for services within Microsoft 365 and/or Azure, you are required to create a unique tenant. The tenant serves as your company identity within Azure Active Directory. It is important to note that when you sign up and create the name of your tenant, this name cannot be changed. After the...