A concise quick-reference resource for learners preparing for Microsoft SC-300. Review essential Microsoft Entra ID concepts, identity types, authentication methods, access management, Conditional Access, roles, groups, and identity governance concepts.
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Identity & Access Management
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft’s cloud-based identity and access management service. It helps organizations manage identities and control access to applications, resources, and services.
Users
Represent identities that can authenticate and access organizational resources.
Groups
Allow administrators to organize users and manage access collectively rather than assigning permissions individually.
Authentication
The process of verifying an identity.
Authorization
Determines what an authenticated identity is permitted to access or do.
Authentication & Access
Multifactor Authentication (MFA)
Requires an additional verification factor beyond a password, helping reduce the risk associated with compromised credentials.
Conditional Access
Uses organizational policies and signals such as user, device, application, location, and risk to determine how access should be granted.
Passwordless Authentication
Allows supported authentication methods to verify users without relying on traditional passwords.
Roles & Privileged Access
Microsoft Entra Roles
Provide permissions for administering Microsoft Entra resources and identity-related services.
Least Privilege
Users and administrators should receive only the permissions necessary to perform their required tasks.
Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
Helps organizations manage, control, and monitor privileged role access, including time-limited or approval-based activation.
Identity Governance
Access Reviews
Help organizations periodically review whether users should continue to have particular access.
Entitlement Management
Helps manage identity and access lifecycles at scale through access packages, policies, requests, approvals, and expiration.
Lifecycle Workflows
Help automate identity-governance processes associated with users joining, moving within, or leaving an organization.
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