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Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) overview
From the course: Microsoft Entra ID: Basics
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) overview
- [Instructor] Let us try to understand Azure AD by comparing it to something we already know, Windows Server Active Directory. We use the term Active Directory to refer to Active Directory Domain Services most of the time. And this role does three main things in Windows Server. It manages users and groups, manages computers, and supports directory aware applications. Apart from that, there are other Active Directory roles as well. There's Active Directory Federation Services, Certificate Services, Lightweight Directory Services, and Rights Management Services. My point being, Active Directory in itself is not a single service, but is a collection of multiple services designed to perform different tasks. Azure Active Directory follows a similar structure. It also facilitates the management of users, groups, computers, applications, and it's not a single service. It's an umbrella of multiple services, each one of…
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Identity and access2m 15s
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Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) overview5m 20s
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Microsoft Entra Connect (formerly Azure AD Connect) deployment2m 16s
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Users and groups management4m 12s
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External users management2m 38s
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Managed identities2m 57s
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Application platform3m 44s
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Device management2m 32s
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Entra ID security6m 42s
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Entra ID administration3m 20s
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