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Azure Identity and Access Fundamentals

You absolutely need control over who and what can access your valuable Azure cloud resources. This course will teach you how to confidently manage and secure access to your Azure environment using Microsoft Entra ID and role-based access control.

Beginner
17m
(5)

Created by Joseph Lowery

Last Updated Aug 19, 2024

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Azure Identity and Access Fundamentals

You absolutely need control over who and what can access your valuable Azure cloud resources. This course will teach you how to confidently manage and secure access to your Azure environment using Microsoft Entra ID and role-based access control.

Beginner
17m
(5)

Created by Joseph Lowery

Last Updated Aug 19, 2024

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What you'll learn

Do you need to manage access to your Azure resources? In this course, Azure Identity and Access Fundamentals, you'll learn to confidently control and secure access to your Azure environment. First, you'll explore the fundamental concepts of identity and access management, understanding the principles of authentication and authorization. Next, you'll discover how to configure Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) tenants, create users and groups, and manage their access to resources. Then, you'll investigate the powerful capabilities of role-based access control (RBAC), learning how to assign granular permissions to users and groups. Finally, you'll learn how to enhance security by implementing multi-factor authentication (MFA), adding an extra layer of protection to your Azure environment. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of Azure identity and access needed to create a secure, well-managed, and compliant cloud environment.

Azure Identity and Access Fundamentals
Beginner
17m
(5)
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Joseph Lowery - Pluralsight course - Azure Identity and Access Fundamentals
Joseph Lowery
18 courses 4.8 author rating 16 ratings

Joseph Lowery is a Principal Author at Pluralsight, focused on Google Cloud and multicloud. He has created courses for Google Cloud Generative AI Leader and Google Cloud Associate Engineer as well as other courses on multicloud and hands-on-labs on a wide range of cloud computing services. Joe's books about the web and web-building tools were international bestsellers, having sold over 400,000 copies worldwide in eleven different languages.

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