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Mastering Identity and Access Management with Microsoft Azure

You're reading from   Mastering Identity and Access Management with Microsoft Azure Start empowering users and protecting corporate data, while managing Identities and Access with Microsoft Azure in different environments

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785889448
Length 692 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Getting Started with a Cloud-Only Scenario 2. Planning and Designing Cloud Identities FREE CHAPTER 3. Planning and Designing Authentication and Application Access 4. Building and Configuring a Suitable Azure AD 5. Shifting to a Hybrid Scenario 6. Extending to a Basic Hybrid Environment 7. Designing Hybrid Identity Management Architecture 8. Planning Authorization and Information Protection Options 9. Building Cloud from Common Identities 10. Implementing Access Control Mechanisms 11. Managing Transition Scenarios with Special Scenarios 12. Advanced Considerations for Complex Scenarios 13. Delivering Multi-Forest Hybrid Architectures 14. Installing and Configuring the Enhanced Identity Infrastructure 15. Installing and Configuring Information Protection Features 16. Choosing the Right Technology, Methods, and Future Trends

Using Azure AD as an identity provider


In the new cloud era, the externalization and consumerization of IT is playing a main role. Users need to access all their data and resources from many different places and devices without thinking about where the application is actually installed. SaaS applications are very useful for meeting this demand. Here enters another issue, however, because purchasing and using SaaS applications is easier than ever and various departments are bypassing their IT departments. Shadow IT is born - application usage without central management. This trend called Shadow IT will be seen more often as more companies try to adopt cloud-based SaaS apps.

Typical questions we hear in our projects are as follows:

  • How can I arrange collaboration without managing foreign users? (management)

  • How do I monitor the usage of these applications? (management)

  • How do I enforce the correct set of permissions to these applications? (access control)

  • How do I ensure that only legitimate users...

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