Azure Active Directory (Entra ID)

Question 1

Which Azure service is Microsoft’s cloud-based identity and access management service?

Answer 1

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory)

Question 2

What is the purpose of Azure AD?

Answer 2

To authorize and authenticate to multiple sources.

Question 3

What is Azure AD?

Answer 3

Azure AD enhances the Active Directory approach by providing orgs with an Identity as a Service (IDaaS) solution for all their apps across cloud and on-premises.

Question 4

What is a Domain Controller (DC)?

Answer 4

A server that authenticates user identities and authorizes their access to resources.

Question 5

What provides the methods for storing directory data and making this data available to network users and administrators? E.g. Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)

Answer 5

Directory Service

Question 6

When does Azure AD NOT support some domain services?

Answer 6

When doing a lift-and-shift from on-premise to Microsoft Azure and migrating Active Directory.

Question 7

An identity layer built on top of OAuth 2.0, commonly used for web and mobile applications.

Answer 7

Open ID Connect

Question 8

An XML-based protocol used for exchanging authentication and authorization data between providers.

Answer 8

SAML

Question 9

What are External Identities in Azure AD?

Answer 9

They allow people outside your organization to access your apps and resources, while letting them sign in using whatever identity they prefer.​

Question 10

Set of rules specifying conditions under which sign-ins are evaluated and allowed.

Answer 10

Conditional Access policies