Integrating with Azure Active Directory (AAD)
Integrating with AAD allows you to access a number of key pieces of information from the user store, as well as to create bespoke ways of putting data into Azure. AAD contains a large number of attributes about users, as well as groups, and serves as the primary user management portal for Microsoft 365. As shown in the following screenshot, AAD will consolidate all the users, regardless of whether they have been created on-premises (as long as AD Connect has been installed and configured), in Azure, or as guest accounts, into a single management screen:
Figure 15.1: AAD users
If AAD is your key user management provider – that is, you’re not using Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) – then you can build graphically rich Power Apps to manage your users. In this case, you could consider building a Power App to allow users to be able to create, edit, or delete users, as well as assign groups through Power...