Azure Active Directory (AAD) is a multi-tenant cloud-based identity and access management service. It provides features like multi-factor authentication, device registration, self-service password management, role-based access control, and application usage monitoring. AAD is better suited than on-premises Active Directory for managing users across multiple platforms and cloud applications/servers. It maintains a central directory for users and applications in Microsoft cloud services like Office 365. AAD supports two types of user accounts - Microsoft personal accounts for private use and work accounts managed by an AAD administrator for organizational access.

1. Azure Active Directory

2. WHAT IS AAD?
- Multi-tenant cloud based directory and identity management system
- Identity management capabilities, including
 Multi-factor authentication
 Device registration
 Self service group and password management
 Role-based access control
 Application usage monitoring
 Auditing and security alerts

3. WINDOWS SERVER AD VS AAD
- AD is a poor choice for multi-platform environments.
- AD has issues controlling Linux-based user accounts.
- AD struggles significantly when connecting to cloud based servers and applications.
- Azure AD maintains central directory service for its cloud servers and applications
such as Office 365. I
- Azure AD has Multi-factor authentication

4. AUTHENTICATION IN AZURE AD

5. AZURE AD – THE BIG PICTURE

6. AZURE AD USER ACCOUNTS
Microsoft Account Work Account
 home or personal
account
 Access private benefits
like OneDrive, O365,
live, Xbox. etc.
 organizational
account
 created by an azure
AD administrator
 Automatically and
transparently federates
to Azure AD
 associated with
onmicrosoft.com by
default

7. AZURE AD EDTIONS
Basic Premium
 Self service password
reset
 SSO for 10 apps/user
 Self service password
reset with write back
 Multi-factor Authentication
 No SSO app limit
 MDM Auto enrollment
 Includes Microsoft Identity Manager

8. MANAGE USERS THROUGH AZURE AD

9. MANAGE GROUPS

10. ASSIGN LICENSE TO GROUPS

11. MANAGE REPORTS – SIGN IN ACTIVITY

12. MANAGE REPORTS – AUDIT LOGS

13. AZURE AD TOOLS AND UTILITIES:
- Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer
- Azure Storage Client tools

14. Thank You !
Raju Kumar
raju.kmr@hotmail.com
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