You're reading from Active Directory Administration Cookbook, Second Edition Proven solutions to everyday identity and authentication challenges for both on-premises and the cloud

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803242507

Length 696 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Azure

Concepts

Identity Management

Author (1):

Sander Berkouwer

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: Optimizing Forests, Domains, and Trusts

2. Chapter 2: Managing Domain Controllers FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 3: Managing Active Directory Roles and Features

4. Chapter 4: Managing Containers and Organizational Units

5. Chapter 5: Managing Active Directory Sites and Troubleshooting Replication

6. Chapter 6: Managing Active Directory Users

7. Chapter 7: Managing Active Directory Groups

8. Chapter 8: Managing Active Directory Computers

9. Chapter 9: Managing DNS

10. Chapter 10: Getting the Most Out of Group Policy

11. Chapter 11: Securing Active Directory

12. Chapter 12: Managing Certificates

13. Chapter 13: Managing Federation

14. Chapter 14: Handling Authentication in a Hybrid World (AD FS, PHS, PTA, and DSSO)

15. Chapter 15: Handling Synchronization in a Hybrid World (Azure AD Connect)

16. Chapter 16: Hardening Azure AD

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Chapter 16: Hardening Azure AD

Azure AD is a Microsoft cloud-based Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution. Over the years, many features have been added to the platform to address the needs of its millions of customers worldwide. Many of these features were security features that weren't turned on by default. For newer Azure AD tenants, some of the security features are turned on by default.

This chapter shows how to configure an Azure AD tenant to increase its confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Some of these features and functionalities might hinder productivity, so you might not want to make changes without communicating these first.

The recipes in this chapter start with recipes any administrator can apply to harden any Azure AD tenant. Then, recipes are covered that require Azure AD Premium P1 licenses. At the end of the chapter, two recipes require Azure AD Premium P2 licenses, and one recipe requires at least one Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS...