01-Identity Flashcards
What is Azure Active Directory
Cloud-based suite of IDENTITY MANAGEMENT capabilities.
Allows you to securely manage access to Azure services and resources for your users.
Provides application management, authentication, device management, and hybrid identity.
How to authenticate to Azure Active Directory?
AUTH SAML Oauth Open ID WS-Federation
What is the common authentication set among Windows Server Active Directory and Azure Active Directory?
Users & Groups Authentication and Authorization
How to authenticate to Windows Server Active Directory?
AUTH
Kerberos
NTML
What is Identity
An object that can be authenticated
What is Account
An identity that has data associated with it
What is Azure AD account
An identity created through Azure AD or another Microsoft cloud service
What is Azure subscription
It is used to pay for Azure cloud services
What is Azure AD tenant/directory
A dedicated and trusted instance of Azure AD, a Tenant is automatically created when your organization signs up for a Microsoft cloud service subscription
What is Tenant
It is a single instance of Azure AD representing a single organization.
The terms Tenants and Directory are often interchanged
What is the underlying product that provides identity service
Azure AD is the underlying product that provides identity service
What is Azure AD primary function
Identity solution, designed for HTTP and HTTPS communications
How is Azure AD queired
Using REST API over HTTP and HTTPS.
Unstead of LDAP
What HTTP and HTTPS protocols does Azure AD use
SAML
WS-Federation
OpenID Connect of authentication and OAuth for authorization.
Instead of Kerberos
Does Azure AD include Federation services
Yes, and many 3rd party services, such as Facebook