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gnerate Image for Entra Id: for this post : Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory or Azure AD) is a cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) service, Is to serve and protect cloud solution and resources that can be accessed via Internet, these solutions could be (Microsoft applications [Office 365], 3rd Party applications [Salesforce], Line of Business Applications [House owned]). Using enhances security through features like Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Conditional Access, and Identity Protection, making it a comprehensive tool for managing user identities and access in a cloud-first environment. What are the main features that Entra ID provides? Ø Zero trust Model: it's based on No trust - Always verify, ensuring that every access into your resources is authenticated and authorised, and this achieved by: - Applying Verifying explicitly - Least privilege access ( including: Just in time access, and Just enough access) - Assuming breaches can happen at any time to your organisation what can be done to protect your organisation to prevent the breaches. Ø Defence in Depth Model: Focus more into protecting the bigger picture, Entra ID supports a layered security approach, protecting not only data, but also the systems, identities, and resources that create, manage, and access that data Compared to Active Directory (AD), which is best? It's not really about Entra ID versus Active Directory, Entra ID Improved what AD provided, AD is a Legacy Identity Mehr sehen