Microsoft Entra ID Beginner's Tutorial (Azure Active Directory)

Simplify and improve security for sign-in experiences with Microsoft Entra ID, the new name for Azure Active Directory. Microsoft Entra ID is a unified identity provider to sign into your non-Microsoft services, like Google, AWS, Salesforce, and ServiceNow. 

See how it's used to manage service licensing for Microsoft 365, Office 365, Enterprise Mobility + Security, and Microsoft Purview. It features unique capabilities like conditional access, passwordless authentication, Single Sign-on, and Dynamic Groups. Perform the most common day-to-day tasks, like adding and editing user accounts, options for groups and what each do, as well as managed identities, role assignment, admin units, and additional core capabilities.

Jeremy Chapman, director of Microsoft 365 and a long-time endpoint management and directory services admin, explains the setup and configuration. 

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Simplify identity management
01:05 - Consolidate identity services
02:52 - Admin experience
05:09 - Conditional Access
05:39 - Manage user accounts
07:09 - Edit users
08:16 - Dynamic Groups
10:22 - Admin Roles & Admin Units
11:45 - Single Sign-On
12:34 - Wrap up

► Link References

For more information, check out https://aka.ms/EntraDocs

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