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Mastering Identity and Access Management with Microsoft Azure - Second Edition

By : Jochen Nickel
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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

Understanding the Microsoft Information Protection SDK


The Microsoft Information Protection SDK extends labeling and protection functionality so you can provide a consistent experience in cross-platform scenarios, and it provides a comprehensive set of capabilities. With the SDK, you can extend the classification, labeling, and protection to any other app and service. In general, Microsoft Information Protection solutions are compatible with traditional Active Directory RMS infrastructures. You experienced this with the Hold Your Own Key (HYOK) functionality.

The Microsoft Information Protection SDK is available on the following:

  • macOS, Linux, and Windows
  • A preview for Android, IOS, and other platforms

The SDK supports user and service applications, including support for multi-tenancy. User applications include common authoring tools, such as Office and Adobe. Labeling structured data is also supported. Service applications mostly run in the background, such as DLP, cloud access security brokers...