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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

Configuring AIP


Configuring and managing AIP should always start with the global approach for all users. The most important task to do before you start touching the technology is to work on a clear classification schema and the associated policies. Doing the configuration is the smallest part in a classification and information project. You should consider the default labels based on your classification schema, and start without encryption and a lot of automatic classification rules. Start with the global users that understand and work with the new technology. Keep in mind to use a step-by-step approach and work through the specific requirements in the most sensitive departments, such as human resources, legal, or finance. Don't overwhelm your users and don't teach them to lie to your concept and classification system.

Here are some additional tips for data classification:

  • Gather the support of the management and employees who will use the system
  • Tagging and categorizing everything is nearly...