Chapter 14Understanding Azure Active Directory
In this chapter, it is time for us to start diving into the world of Azure Active Directory. Azure Active Directory is a cloud-based identity and access management service. The Azure environment is controlled by the Azure Resource Manager. It can be controlled by templates, PowerShell, the Azure portal, CLI, Cloud Shell, and APIs. Azure AD controls access to resources using RBAC and Conditional Access.
This is a very important topic because if you set up Azure Active Directory incorrectly, you may stop users from properly accessing the Azure environment, but even more important, you may give access to people that should not have access.
This chapter will introduce you to Azure Active Directory, ...
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