Managing the life cycle of external users in Azure AD Identity Governance settings

When discussing Azure AD Identity Governance, the key concepts in managing governance are how we are managing privileged roles, access packages, and the life cycle of access. You configured access packages earlier in this chapter. This chapter will discuss managing privileged roles and access. In terms of the access life cycle, you should consider the access life cycle of your member users and your guest users. These should be handled differently as the life cycle of our member users is based on the employment within the company and the access that is required for the department or team that they belong to.

Guest users are provided access based on a partnership and external collaboration trust relationship. This access can be due to a managed services contract, a particular project, or perhaps a merger/acquisition. In any case, these relationships have a life cycle that will eventually come to an...