Azure Active Directory
Azure Active Directory is Microsoft's identity and access management solution and is required for cloud security and managing user accounts. Your company's Active Directory and human resources rolls can be added to a secure version of Azure Active Directory. This Active Directory access management tool will manage your access to the Microsoft 365 app suite. This is great for hybrid configurations because although your SharePoint 2019 environment is on-premises, you can still leverage the newly updated reporting services and applications that are available in the cloud.
Important Note
The following link provides an overview of Azure Active Directory: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/identity/azure-ad.
Most organizations maintain a mixture of on-premises and cloud applications. Azure Active Directory offers a solution for managing access and identity for both. This is more important now than ever because...