Cynthia Staley
Senior Content Developer
Microsoft
Cindy is a Senior Content Developer for Microsoft specializing in Windows Server IT professional online training.
Microsoft Azure Identity
Continue your learning journey as you go from a traditional Active Directory-based infrastructure to Azure Active Directory (AD) - Microsoft’s multi-tenant cloud based directory and identity management service.
Enrollment is Closed
About this course
This course focuses on important concepts such as what makes Azure AD different from on-premises AD, differences in managing users and groups and the implementing custom domains in Azure AD. You’ll be introduced to concepts like directories and tenants as well as Multi-Factor authentication which let you add a critical second security layer for verification of user sign-ins and transactions.
Whether workloads or applications are run on-premises or in the cloud, understanding how Azure AD can extend an on-premises environment will afford insight into AD hybrid environments and help you gain the skills to integrate and manage a cloud and on-premises solution.
What you'll learn
- How to create and manage Azure Active Directory (AD) directories.
- How to implement applications in Azure AD.
- How to extend on-premises AD to Azure.
- How to configure multi-factor authentication.
Prerequisites
- General understanding of cloud computing models.
- General understanding of virtualization, networking and Active Directory.
- Basic proficiency in PowerShell and command line interface scripting.
Meet the instructors
Tony Jamieson
Content Developer
Microsoft
Tony is a Content Developer for Microsoft with over 15 years specializing in IT professional online training.
Corey Hynes
Infrastructure Consultant
Corey J Hynes is an infrastructure consultant who has been working in IT for 17 years. Corey specializes in core infrastructure and virtualization technologies including Windows Server, Hyper-V, VDI, and System Center.