Cloud Identity
Cloud Identity is a key GCP service that's offered by Google as an Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) solution. This is an optional service and a more basic approach can be taken to apply individual permissions to services or projects. However, for enterprise organizations, using an identity service makes far more sense. It enables businesses to manage who has access to their resources and services within a GCP organization, all from a single pane of glass. Cloud Identity can be used as a standalone product for domain-based user accounts and groups. We should note early on in this chapter that Google also offers a similar management pane for Google workspace users. The console works in the same way, and user and domain management have a lot of similarities. You may wish to investigate this further in detail, but for this book and, more importantly, the exam, we will focus solely on GCP Cloud Identity.
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