SC-300: Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator

by Anand Rao Nednur

Released January 2022

Publisher(s): Packt Publishing

ISBN: 9781803238043

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Video description

The Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator designs, implements, and operates an organization’s identity and access management systems by using Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). They manage tasks such as providing secure authentication and authorization access to enterprise applications. The administrator provides seamless experiences and self-service management capabilities for all users. Adaptive access and governance are core elements to the role. This role is also responsible for troubleshooting, monitoring, and reporting for the identity and access environment.

This course starts from implementing the initial configuration of Azure Active Directory. Then, create, configure, and manage identities. Followed by, implementing, and managing external identities. You will implement and manage hybrid identity, then plan and implement Azure multifactor authentication. Then manage user authentication, and plan, implement and administer conditional access. After that, you will manage Azure AD identity protection.

Plan, implement and monitor the integration of enterprise apps for SSO and app registrations. Moving ahead, you will plan, implement, and manage entitlement and access reviews.

Finally, you will see privileged access along with monitoring and maintaining Azure Active Directory.

By the end of this course, you will gain the requisite knowledge and confidence to pass the SC-300: Microsoft Identity and Access administrator exam.

What You Will Learn

Implement initial configuration of Azure Active Directory (ADD)
Implement and manage external identities along with hybrid identity
Plan and implement Azure multifactor authentication and administer conditional access
Manage user authentication and Azure AD identity protection
Plan, implement and monitor the integration of enterprise apps for SSO
Plan, implement and manage entitlement along with access reviews

Audience

This course is for security enthusiasts who want to complete the SC-300 certification.

This is designed for those who would like to look at security from the identity perspective and want to be the identity security defenders of their organization.

Basic knowledge of Azure and its components along with information security will be helpful. Work exposure to Active Directory, its usage, and its purpose is required but not mandatory.

About The Author

Anand Rao Nednur: Anand Rao Nednur is a senior technical instructor and cloud consultant. He has worked with large enterprises for about 15 years and has a wide range of technologies in his portfolio. Anand is adept at not just cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, and GCP) but is also well-versed with IAM, security, and automation with PowerShell and Python.

In addition, he has been developing and updating the content for various courses. He has been assisting many engineers in lab examinations and securing certifications.

Anand is also a certified seasoned professional holding several certifications and has delivered instructor-led training in several states in India as well as several countries such as the USA, Bahrain, Kenya, and UAE. He has worked as a Microsoft-certified trainer globally for major corporate clients.