Azure Identity and Access Management with Microsoft Entra ID
38mIntermediate2026-06-16
Authors

Karl Ots
Cloud and Cybersecurity Expert, Azure MVP, Microsoft Regional Director
Course details
Azure Identity and Access Management enables cloud administrators to securely manage permissions and resources, ensuring the right entities can access the right resources with the right permissions. Working in Microsoft Entra ID, in this course, instructor Karl Ots shows you how to manage various identities like users, groups, devices, and applications. Learn how to implement authentication functions and organize Azure resources effectively using management hierarchy, Azure Policy, resource tags, and locks. Explore ways to manage access to Azure resources using Azure role-based access control. Along the way, discover how to manage Azure identity governance using Entra ID monitoring, entitlement management, access reviews, Privileged Access Management, and just-in-time access.
Learning objectives
Manage identities and resources using Azure IAM services.
Implement authentication.
Navigate the management tools of Entra ID.
Learning objectives
Manage identities and resources using Azure IAM services.
Implement authentication.
Navigate the management tools of Entra ID.
Concepts
Introduction
- End-to-end Azure IAM with Entra ID
Navigate Azure IAM
User and Group Operations
- User lifecycle operations
- Create and configure users for new hires
- Manage guest user access for partners
Manage Authentication
- Identity protection
- Configure and test conditional access policies
Configure Resource Access
- Assign RBAC roles following least privilege
- Validate and troubleshoot permissions
Manage Workload Identities
- Enable and configure managed identities
- Configure access to CI CD pipelines
Operate Identity Governance
- Monitor Entra ID
- Identity secure score
- Access reviews
- PIM overview
- Implement PIM