5. Enabling secure, remote work with Microsoft Azure AD and WVD

In the previous chapter, we learned that transitioning to the cloud isn't just about moving on-premises resources to the cloud, but it is a journey that involves improving scalability, security, and cloud-based productivity to enable remote collaboration work from anywhere.

In this chapter, we will address common infrastructure challenges that organizations face when trying to enable remote work, and how Azure core infrastructure components such as networking, identity, security, compute, and storage can empower today's modern digital workspace. In this chapter, we will cover:

• The fundamentals of deploying remote work infrastructure
• Azure Active Directory
• Enabling remote connectivity
• Securing and managing traffic to your workloads
• Enabling remote workers with Windows Virtual Desktop

We'll begin by talking about the fundamentals of deploying remote work with Azure.

...