Microsoft Entra ID

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Microsoft's cloud identity and access management service, formerly Azure Active Directory. It handles sign-in, single sign-on, multifactor authentication, Conditional Access and app registrations for Microsoft 365, Azure and thousands of other apps.

Sessions on this topic (6)

• Many roads lead to Entra! From synchronisation to provisioning and lifecycle managemen · Klaus Bierschenk · M365Con 2027
• How to Kill Active Directory ? · Jean-Sébastien DUCHÊNE · M365Con 2027
• Custom Domains in Microsoft 365: Beyond Email — Identity, Security & Trust · Nsikan Ikpe · M365Con 2027
• Many roads lead to Entra! From synchronisation to provisioning and lifecycle managemen · Klaus Bierschenk · M365Con 2027
• How to Kill Active Directory ? · Jean-Sébastien DUCHÊNE · M365Con 2027
• Custom Domains in Microsoft 365: Beyond Email — Identity, Security & Trust · Nsikan Ikpe · M365Con 2027

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• Microsoft · Developed by · Organization
  Microsoft Corporation is a technology company that develops software and cloud services such as Microsoft 365, Azure and Dynamics 365.
• Microsoft tool · Is a · Category
  A software product or service developed by Microsoft.
• Identity and security tool · Is a · Category
  A tool for protecting identities, devices, data and applications.
• Microsoft Entra · Part of · Platform
  Microsoft Entra is the family of identity and network access products from Microsoft, including Microsoft Entra ID.
• Conditional Access · Includes · Concept
  A policy engine in Microsoft Entra that decides at sign-in whether to allow, block or require extra steps, based on signals such as user, device compliance, location and risk. It is the core of a Zero Trust approach in Microsoft 365.
• Multifactor authentication (MFA) · Related to · Concept
  A sign-in method that requires at least two proofs of identity, for example a password plus a code or approval in an authenticator app. It blocks the vast majority of account-takeover attempts caused by stolen passwords.
• Microsoft Intune · Related to · Product
  Microsoft's cloud service for managing devices and apps. It enforces configuration and compliance policies on Windows, macOS, iOS and Android and feeds device status into Conditional Access.
• Active Directory · Related to · Product
  The on-premises directory service for Windows domains that manages users, computers and permissions.
• Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat · Related to · Product
  Secure, web-grounded AI chat for Entra ID users that is included at no extra cost and can run agents; the paid Microsoft 365 Copilot adds work-data grounding.
• Microsoft Entra Agent ID · Related to · Product
  Identity type in Microsoft Entra for AI agents, so agents get their own identity, permissions and lifecycle instead of borrowing a user's or app's credentials.
• Custom domain in Microsoft 365 · Related to · Concept
  Own DNS domain verified in Microsoft 365 and used for email addresses, sign-in names and branding, with SPF, DKIM and DMARC records for trust.
• Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync · Related to · Product
  Lightweight agent-based synchronisation of on-premises Active Directory to Entra ID, successor to Entra Connect Sync for many scenarios.
• Identity lifecycle management · Related to · Concept
  Automating how identities are created, changed and removed as people join, move within and leave an organisation, via provisioning and lifecycle workflows.
• Azure Virtual Desktop · Related to · Product
  Cloud-hosted desktop and app virtualisation service on Azure, extendable to hybrid and other hypervisors.

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