Manage Azure Identies & Governance Flashcards

1
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What are the 3 ways Azure AD defines users:

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  1. Cloud identities
  2. Directory-synchronized identities
  3. Guest users
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2
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How does synchronization occur for Directory-synchronized identities?

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Azure AD Connect

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-sync-whatis

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3
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What is the source of a Guest user?

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Invited user

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4
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What are the diffirent ways you can add new users?

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  1. Azure Portal
  2. Microsoft 365 Admin Center
  3. Microsoft Intune admin console
  4. Azure CLI
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5
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Deleted users can be restored for how many days?

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30 days

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6
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What roles is required to create users in Azure?

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  • Global administrator
  • User administrator
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7
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What is another option for bulk user uploads besides the csv template?

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PowerShell Script

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8
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What are the two types of group accounts?

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  1. Security groups
  2. Microsoft 365 groups
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9
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What type of group would you use to for a specific security policy?

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Security groups

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10
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What role is required to create a Security group?

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Azure AD administrator

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11
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What type of security group would you use to give users access to a SharePoint site?

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Microsoft 365 groups

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12
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What are the three different ways you can assign access rights to groups?

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  1. Assigned
  2. Dynamic user
  3. Dynamic Device (Security groups only)
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13
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What methods can you use to manage administrative units?

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  • Azure portal
  • PowerShell cmdlets and scripts
  • Microsoft Graph
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14
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How can you restrict administrative scope?

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15
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Define Azure AD

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Microsoft’s multi-tenant cloud based directory and identity management service

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16
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What is an identity?

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An object that can get authenticated. A user, applications and servers. Applications might require access through secret keys or certs.

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17
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What is an account?

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An identity that has data associated with it. You cannot have an account without an identity.

18
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What is an Azure AD account?

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An identity created through Azure AD or another Microsoft cloud service. Sometime called a Work or school account.

19
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What is an Azure subscription?

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A subscription is used to pay for Azure cloud services. You can have many subscriptions linked to the same credit card.

20
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What is an Azure tenant/directory?

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A dedicated and trusted instance of Azure AD. A Tenant is automatically created when your organization signs up for a Microsoft cloud service subscription. Tenant means a single instance of Azure AD representing single organization. Tenant and Directory are used interchangeably.

21
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What components make up the Windows Active Directory suite?

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  • Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)
  • Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)
  • Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)
  • Active Directory Rights Management Service (AD RMS)
22
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What are some of the main characteristics of Azure AD that make it different from Active Directory Domain Services?

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  • Primarily an identity solution designed for internet apps (http/https)
  • Cannot be queried through LDAP. Azure AD uses REST API over http or https
  • It does not use Kerberos authentication. Uses HTTP and HTTPs protocols
    • SAML
    • WS-Federation
    • OpenID Connect (authentication)
    • OAuth (authorization)
  • Includes Federation Services like Facebook
  • Use a flat structure for user and groups. There are no Organizational Units (OUs) or Group Policy Objects (GPOs)
23
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What communication protocols does Azure AD use for authentication?

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It only uses HTTP/HTTPs based protocols like SAML, WS-Federation and OpenID Connect

24
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Does Azure AD support Organizational Units and Group Policy Objects?

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No. Azure AD user and groups are created in a flat structure.

25
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Why does’n’t Azure AD support LDAP queries?

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Azure AD is based on HTTP/HTTPS and uses REST APIs

26
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What are the only three things you manage in Azure AD?

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Users, groups and policies

27
Q

What are the four editions of Azure AD?

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Free, Microsoft 365 Apps, Premium P1 and Premium P2

28
Q

What agreement or programs are the Premium additions available through?

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Microsoft Enterprise Agreement, Open Volume License Program, Cloud Solution Provider program

29
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What additional features does Azure AD Premium P1 provide?

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Hybird users can access on-prem and cloud resources. Supports dynamic groups, self-service group management, Microsoft Identity Manager, cloud write-back self-service password reset for on-prem users.

30
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What additional features does Azure AD Premium P2 provide?

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Azure Active Directory Identity Protection to help provide risk-based Conditional Access. Privileged Identity Management to help discover, restrict, monitor admins and their access to resources which provide JIT access.

31
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What is Azure AD Join?

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Designed to provide access to organizational apps and resources and to simplify Windows deployments of work-owned devices.

32
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What are the benefits of Azure AD Join?

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  • SSO
  • Enterprise state roaming of user settings
  • Access to Microsoft Store for Business
  • Windows Hello
  • Restriction of access to apps from only devices the meet company compliance
  • Seamless access to on-premise resources
33
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How are datacenters made available to end users by?

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Region. Over 60+ regions and 140 countries.

34
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What global Azure service do not require the end user to select a region?

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Azure Active Directory, Azure Traffic Manager and Azure DNS

35
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What are regional pairs and their features?

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  • Each region is paired with another region within the same geography
  • At least 300 miles of separation between datacenters
  • Platform-provided replication - automatic replication to the paired region (Geo-Redundant)
  • Region recovery order - one region is prioritized over the other
  • Sequential updates - rollouts of updates
  • Data residency - except for Brazil. to meet tax and law enforcement jurisdiction
36
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What is an Azure Subscription?

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Logical unit of Azure Services linked to an Azure account. Billing is managed per-subscription basis. Every subscription can be associated with AAD.

37
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What ways can you get an Azure subscripiton?

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  • Enterprise agreements - upfront monetary commitment. have a 99.95 monthly SLA
  • Reseller - buy through Open Licensing Program
  • Partners - find a partner to implement a solution
  • Personal free account - free trial
38
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What are the different ways to assign access rights

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Direct assignment

Group assignment

Rule-based assignment

39
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What type of assignment is at the user level?

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Direct Assignment

40
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What type of assignment is used for a Group?

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Group assignment

41
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What type of assignment is based on user or device properties to determine if the membership is valid?

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Rule-based assignment

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