You're reading from Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator Exam Guide

Product type Book

Published in Mar 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801818049

Pages 452 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Identity Management

Author (1):

Dwayne Natwick

Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

Section 1 – Exam Overview and the Evolution of Identity and Access Management

Chapter 1: Preparing for Your Microsoft Exam

Chapter 2: Defining Identity and Access Management

Section 2 - Implementing an Identity Management Solution

Chapter 3: Implementing and Configuring Azure Active Directory

Chapter 4: Creating, Configuring, and Managing Identities

Chapter 5: Implementing and Managing External Identities and Guests

Chapter 6: Implementing and Managing Hybrid Identities

Section 3 – Implementing an Authentication and Access Management Solution

Chapter 7: Planning and Implementing Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR)

Chapter 8: Planning and Managing Password-Less Authentication Methods

Chapter 9: Planning, Implementing, and Administering Conditional Access and Azure Identity Protection

Section 4 – Implementing Access Management for Applications

Chapter 10: Planning and Implementing Enterprise Apps for Single Sign-On (SSO)

Chapter 11: Monitoring Enterprise Apps with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Section 5 – Planning and Implementing an Identity Governance Strategy

Chapter 12: Planning and Implementing Entitlement Management

Chapter 13: Planning and Implementing Privileged Access and Access Reviews

Section 6 – Monitoring and Maintaining Azure Active Directory

Chapter 14: Analyzing and Investigating Sign-in Logs and Elevated Risk Users

Chapter 15: Enabling and Integrating Azure AD Logs with SIEM Solutions

Chapter 16: Mock Test

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