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- Skills Learned
- Describe the difference between authentication and authorization
- Describe Azure Active Directory/Microsoft Entra
- Describe Azure Multi-Factor Authentication
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
Identity
- A user with a username and password.
- Also applications or other servers with secret keys or certificates.
- The fact of being something or someone.
Authentication
The process of verification/assertion of identity
Authorization
The process of ensuring that only authenticated identities get access to the resources for which they have been granted access.
Access Management
The process of controlling, verifying, tracking and managing access to authorized users and applications.
Microsoft Entra (former Azure Active Directory)
- Identity and Access Management service in Azure
- Identities management – users, groups, applications
- Access management – subscriptions, resource groups, roles, role assignments, authentication & authorization settings, etc.
- Used by multiple Microsoft cloud platforms
- Azure
- Microsoft 365
- Office 365
- Live.com services (Skype, OneDrive, etc.)
Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)
- Process of authentication using more than one factor (evidence) to prove identity
- Factor types
- Knowledge Factor – “Something you know”, ex. password, pin
- Possession Factor – “Something you have”, ex. phone, token, card, key
- Physical Characteristic Factor – “Something you are”, ex. fingerprint, voice, face, eye iris
- Location Factor – “Somewhere you are”, ex. GPS location
- Supported by Azure AD by default (simple on-off switch)