Managing Users and Groups
As you’ll see throughout this book, identity is the foundation of Azure AD (now Microsoft Entra ID). Without it, people wouldn’t be able to access services and features, store content, or work with their teams. Azure identity covers a broad range of objects, including cloud-only accounts, synchronized accounts, and external accounts (as well as groups, devices, and contacts).
Each of these types of objects has a purpose and one is generally more suited to a particular business case than another.
In this chapter, you’re going to look at the following topics as they relate to the MS-102 exam objectives:
- Creating and managing users
- Creating and managing guest users
- Creating and managing contacts
- Creating and managing groups
- Managing and monitoring Microsoft 365 license allocations
- Performing bulk user management
By the end of this chapter, you should be comfortable articulating the differences between...