Authentication and Authorization

Question 1

What are the components of Authentication and Authorization ?

Answer 1

Identity Services
Azure AD (AAD)
MFA
SSO

Question 2

What is Authentication ?

Answer 2

first test for Access - confirming identity
confirming you are you
username / password , biometrics

Question 3

What is Authorisation ?

Answer 3

do you get access to a resource ?

much more granular

Question 4

What is Azure AD (AAD) ?

Answer 4

mandatory service within Azure as 1st user is needed

Powerful Hybrid cloud potential

Question 5

What is a Tenant ?

Answer 5

dedicated AAD instance representing organisation

one user = one tenant, can be guest on other tenants

Question 6

What is the purpose of a subscription ?

Answer 6

cost separation

Question 7

What is MFA ?

Answer 7

recommended as default

critical to current solutions using 2 or more auth methods

Question 8

What are the MFA Auth Methods ?

Answer 8

Something you know (username/password)
Something you have (phone)
Something you are (biometrics)

Question 9

What is SSO ?

Azure Active Directory Seamless Single Sign On

Answer 9

a number of apps take advantage of this - Skype, Outlook, Azure
one pair of credentials - multiple apps