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Product type Book

Published in Sep 2016

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785889448

Pages 692 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Concepts

Networking

Author (1):

Jochen Nickel

Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Mastering Identity and Access Management with Microsoft Azure

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Preface

1. Getting Started with a Cloud-Only Scenario

2. Planning and Designing Cloud Identities

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

Implementing a solid Azure Active Directory

The first step we need to do is to get an Azure Active Directory tenant. There are many ways to reach this target. The following four examples build the main entry points:

Start with an Office 365 subscription, http://bit.ly/1RVpFXe
Use an Azure subscription associated with a Microsoft Account:
A typical start from an MSDN subscription:
Use an Azure subscription associated with an organizational account:
Starting from scratch, http://bit.ly/1R2oIfx

We will start with the last option. Let's go on and configure our personal Azure AD tenant.

Configuring the requirements

First of all, we need to configure the prerequisites to work through this guide. You need to have a Windows 10 Enterprise client machine in a workgroup configuration. We recommend using a freshly installed Windows 10 Enterprise virtual machine. We need a Windows 10 device to use the Azure AD Join mentioned later in the book. If you are not able to access the Volume Licensed or MSDN...