As promised in the chapter overview, we will start with a bigger picture of the hybrid identity and access management features that are provided by Microsoft. From talking to customers, we found that many of the features in this technology field are not known of or not assigned correctly. This is not surprising, because the speed and breadth of this specialized area is extremely high and large. This led us to create a blueprint with all the actual features and relations to provide users with a better understanding.
In the following figure, you will find our ideas and the key components of a hybrid environment.
The blueprint consists of two main actors: your on-premises infrastructure and the Azure hybrid identity and access management services in the right box of the blueprint. Let us briefly discuss the main actors in the following section.
