Azure Architecture Explained

Chapter 1

As organizations continue to decentralize and outsource non-core functions to suppliers, it’s essential to establish trust between partners and have transparency in data management to ensure data security and privacy

IAM is a technology framework that helps organizations ensure that the right people have access to the right resources. IAM includes two main functions: authentication and authorization.

IAM capabilities have become the central pillar for cloud-based scenarios

A crucial piece of an IAM solution is its life cycle management capabilities.

Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) provides a set of best practices, guidance, and tools for different stages of cloud adoption, from initial planning to implementation and optimization

  • it is not just for Azure, it can work with  Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud.
  • includes a specific IAM design area that focuses on providing guidance and best practices for designing secure and scalable IAM solutions

Azure AD supports two distinct types of security principals: user principals, which represent user accounts, and service principals, which represent applications and services. A user principal encompasses a username and password, while a service principal (also referred to as an application object/registration) can possess a secret, key, or certificate.



Each employee’s Azure AD account would be associated with their Microsoft 365

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