Manage identity and access Flashcards
Which 5 main features does the free version of Microsoft Entra provide?
User and group management, on-premises directory synchronization, basic reports, self-service password change for cloud users, and single sign-on across Azure, Microsoft 365, and many popular SaaS apps.
Which 5 main features does Premium 1 of Microsoft Entra add?
Hybrid users access both on-premises and cloud resources. It also supports advanced administration, such as dynamic groups, self-service group management, Microsoft Identity Manager, and cloud write-back capabilities, which allow self-service password reset for your on-premises users.
Which 2 big features does Premium 2 of Microsoft Entra add?
Microsoft Entra ID Protection to help provide risk-based Conditional Access to your apps and critical company data and Privileged Identity Management to help discover, restrict, and monitor administrators and their access to resources and to provide just-in-time access when needed.
What are the 3 types of Active Directory-based identity solutions?
Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory Domain Services and Microsoft Entra Domain Services.
Suppose that you need traditional authetication mechanisms such as Kerberos or NTLM, what are the two ways to provide ADDS in the cloud?
- A managed domain that you create using Microsoft Entra Domain Services
- A self-managed domain that you create and configure using traditional resources such as virtual machines (VMs), Windows Server guest OS, and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
What are 3 common deployment methods for self-managed AD DS?
- Standalone cloud-only AD DS
- Resource forest deployment
- Extend on-premises domain to Azure
What is a domain controller?
A server that responds to security authentication requests within a computer network domain
What is self-managed AD DS via standalone cloud-only AD DS?
Azure VMs are configured as domain controllers, and a separate, cloud-only AD DS environment is created. This AD DS environment doesn’t integrate with an on-premises AD DS environment. A different set of credentials is used to sign in and administer VMs in the cloud.
What is self-managed AD DS resource forest deployment?
Azure VMs are configured as domain controllers, and an AD DS domain that’s part of an existing forest is created. A trust relationship is then configured to an on-premises AD DS environment. Other Azure VMs can domain-join this resource forest in the cloud. User authentication runs over a VPN / ExpressRoute connection to the on-premises AD DS environment.
What is self-managed AD DS where you extend the on-premise domain to Azure?
An Azure virtual network connects to an on-premises network using a VPN / ExpressRoute connection. Azure VMs connect to this Azure virtual network, which lets them domain-join to the on-premises AD DS environment.
What is Microsoft Entra ID for?
It lets you manage the identity of devices used by the organization and control access to corporate resources from those devices. Users can also register their personal device.
What are 5 benefits of using Microsoft Entra joined devices?
Single sign-on (SSO) to applications secured by Microsoft Entra ID.
Enterprise policy-compliant roaming of user settings across devices.
Access to the Windows Store for Business using corporate credentials.
Windows Hello for Business.
Restricted access to apps and resources from devices compliant with corporate policy.
What 3 passwordless authentication options integrate with Microsoft Entra ID?
Windows Hello for Business
Microsoft Authenticator
Fast Identity Online2 (FIDO2) security keys
What are Fast Identity Online2 (FIDO2) security keys?
Unphishable standards-based passwordless authentication method that can come in any form factor. Fast Identity Online (FIDO) is an open standard for passwordless authentication. FIDO2 security keys are a great option for enterprises that are very security sensitive or have scenarios or employees who aren’t willing or able to use their phone as a second factor.
What is Microsoft Entra Connect used for?
Integrating your on-premise directories with Microsoft Entra ID.