Let’s talk about Microsoft Entra ID!

Jiadong Chen
2 min readNov 1, 2023
source: Microsoft

Ever wondered about Microsoft Entra ID? This post will be a concise guide useful for beginners wanting to simplify and improve security for sign-in experiences. Don’t miss out!

💡 Microsoft Entra ID is a unified identity provider allowing you to sign into your Microsoft services and non-Microsoft services like Google, AWS, Salesforce, etc. It’s the go-to solution for managing service licensing for Microsoft 365, Office 365, and more.
- 🔽 Manage your multi-cloud identity infrastructure with Microsoft Entra
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- 🔽 License Assignments
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🛡️ Security is a top priority with Microsoft Entra ID. It features unique capabilities like #conditionalaccess, #passwordless authentication, Single Sign-on (#SSO), and Dynamic Groups. With Microsoft Entra ID, you can access your work services and apps. It’s a solution that helps you prove your identity and provides access to services you have permissions to use. Say goodbye to unsafe password-only authentication!
- 🔽 Passwordless Authentication
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- 🔽 Conditional Access
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💼 Managing user accounts is one of the most common tasks on Microsoft Entra ID. From adding and editing user accounts, options for groups, and what each does, to managed identities, role assignment, and admin units.
- 🔽 Users
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- 🔽 Groups
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🔄 The dynamic grouping feature in Microsoft Entra ID automatically enrolls or unenrolls users or devices into groups based on their individual properties. This is super useful for efficiently managing your organization’s resources.
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🚀 With Microsoft Entra ID, you can forget about remembering multiple passwords. Choose from multiple authentication strengths like #FIDO2 keys, Windows Hello, biometric sign-in & Microsoft’s Authenticator app. It provides enhanced security with multi-factor authentication. It’s time to secure your sign-in experience.
- 🔽 FIDO2 keys
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- 🔽 Windows Hello for Business
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📲 Microsoft Entra ID integrates with device management, providing a seamless sign-in experience across devices and apps. It works seamlessly with Microsoft Intune and other endpoint management tools for broader tasks of device management from provisioning, to app distribution, and device configuration.
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🔽 Reference Diagram:
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Jiadong Chen

Microsoft MVP, MCT | Azure Certified Solutions Architect & Cybersecurity Architect Expert | Member of .NET Foundation | Packt Author