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What is Azure Active Directory? (Microsoft Entra ID) – A Comprehensive Guide

Azure Active Directory (AD) is Microsoft’s cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) cloud service. Azure AD is generally seen as a move from on-premises IAM to the cloud. Learn more about Azure AD here. What is Azure Active Directory (Microsoft Entra ID)? Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD, AAD, Entra ID, etc.) is a cloud...

Last Update: Feb 12, 2024

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What is Azure AD B2B?

Discover the benefits of using Azure AD B2B in your organization. Learn how it can improve collaboration and streamline access for external partners, and boost your users’ productivity, safely and securely. What is Azure B2B? Microsoft Entra B2B (formerly Azure AD B2B) is a feature/service within the Microsoft Entra ID that allows collaboration between your…

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Security

What Is IAM? A Guide to Identity and Access Management

Identity and Access Management (IAM), is a crucial cybersecurity framework that governs and secures digital access to resources. It plays a pivotal role in helping organizations control and secure their digital resources such as apps, files, user identities, permissions, and all other organizational data. IAM also helps ensure the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive information….

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Windows

Implementing Access Controls using Microsoft Intune

Implementing identity and access management processes is an effective way to protect sensitive corporate data. It allows organizations to regulate user access and prevent instances of identity theft, data breaches, and unauthorized access to confidential corporate information. In this article, we’ll detail how organizations can significantly minimize their exposure by controlling access privileges with Microsoft…

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Azure Active Directory Basic Edition is Being Retired

Last Update: Oct 14, 2022

AAD Basic edition is ‘going away’ because it is low volume and confuses customers.

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Network Security

Active Directory vs. Azure AD (and Other Identity Providers)

Last Update: Oct 14, 2022

This article will look at Active Directory (AD), Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), and explain how they differ and can complement each other. We’ll also compare these Microsoft solutions to some of the major alternative identity providers. This article is not meant to be an exhaustive resource and will not provide step-by-step instructions on how…

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3 Ways to Create New Active Directory Users

Last Update: Aug 12, 2022

Russell Smith shows how to create new Active Directory users with three different administrative tools.

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Set Up Azure Active Directory Connect Pass-Through Authentication

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to set up Azure Active Directory Connect pass-through authentication.

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SharePoint Podcast Episode #332: Dance Like the Microwave Isn’t Watching

Shane Young and Todd Klindt discuss March patches, Microsoft Identity Management with SharePoint 2016, Shane’s new computer, automatically created Office 365 groups, creation of direct reports groups in Outlook, not using @ in the SAMAccountName, SAM-Account-Name attribute specs, Outlook sign-in assistant, Azure active directory, integration with Github, and SQL data partners.

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Secure Azure AD Using Identity Protection

Learn how Azure Active Directory Identity Protection can help secure cloud identities.

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