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Understanding the Azure layers

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Understanding the Azure layers

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- [Instructor] When you look at Azure from a high level perspective, you'll see different layers that are the foundation for your Azure based solutions. The first layer is Azure Active Directory, then you have the second layer, management groups, the third layer, subscriptions, the fourth layer, resource groups, and the fifth and final layer, resources. Let's look at these layers in more detail. Azure AD is Microsoft's cloud-based identity and access management service. You'll need an identity to access and manage your Azure environment. This is essential for authentication and authorization. Authentication verifies who you are, whereas authorization determines what you can and cannot do. Ensure the identity has the needed permissions for fulfilling the role it's supposed to do, and not more. This way, the damage is limited if the identity falls into the wrong hands. This approach is called role-based access control or…

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