Describe identity concepts
Beginner
Business User
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Microsoft Entra ID
Learn about the key concepts of authentication and authorization, why identity is the new security perimeter, how identity providers enable modern authentication and single sign-on, the role of directory services and Microsoft Entra ID, and how federation extends trust across organizational boundaries.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
- Define authentication and authorization and explain how they work together to control access.
- Describe identity as the primary security perimeter and explain the four pillars of an identity infrastructure.
- Describe the role of an identity provider and how modern authentication uses tokens and single sign-on.
- Describe directory services, Active Directory Domain Services, and Microsoft Entra ID as its cloud evolution.
- Describe the concept of federation and how trust relationships enable cross-organizational access.
Prerequisites
- General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
- General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
- General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.