Overview of Identity Governance
Microsoft Entra Identity Governance is a set of policy-based tools for managing the identity and access life cycle across an organization. Identity Governance helps organizations identify which users should have access to which resources under which circumstances while providing audit data to support the access controls.
From the perspective of the MS-100 exam, you’ll need to understand three Identity Governance areas:
- Identity life cycle
- Access life cycle
- Privileged access life cycle
Let’s review each of these areas.
What is the identity life cycle?
The identity life cycle encompasses everything from the moment an identity is provisioned into your organization until that identity is no longer needed. While the identity life cycle frequently focuses on employees and contractors, it can (and should) also include identities for vendors, partners, or other individuals to whom you grant access to your applications...
